March 2017 - tlhIngan-Hol

elephant
by Lieven 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

For the translation of the intro of a famous German children TV show I have asked Marc Okrand how I'd best name their main characters which are a mouse and an elephant. Okrand talked to Maltz and replied with the following. It's not really a new word, but at least some canon spelling of a terran animal. --------------------------------------- Lieven — I think {Qa'Hom} is okay for "mouse." And Maltz wasn't aware of any native Klingon elephant-like animal. So go with a Klingon version of Federation Standard. How about {'e'levan}? - Marc --------------------------------------- -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net

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new words qepHom 2016 (nature, forging, materials)
by Lieven 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

At this year's qepHom, we received lots of new words. Some of them were wishes by qepHom attendees and others. Others were used in Andrew Miller's Art presentation in a Museum of Pittsburgh, which happened on the same weekend. Marc Okrand gave me the list in english alphabetical order, so for reading convenience I re-arranged them in a somehow logical order. These are terms about plants, forging, and materials. ---begin quote--- branch (of a tree) bartIq fog, mist vI'laS garden Du'Hom ivy (Terran) tera' 'arDeH ivy-like plant 'arDeH mud, clay, putty DabqI' trunk (of tree) Qechjem'a' cast (cast metal) (v.) Qu forge (metal) (v.) mItlh foundry (n.) baS laSvargh furnace (n.) vIncha' mold (for casting) (n.) QumeH ngaSwI' welded (together) (v.) pet wire (n.) baS SIrgh magnet (n.) peQnagh bronze jey' Sorpuq chalk 'o'roy' chromium velSo' concrete tungyen glass 'al'on stainless steel velSo' 'uSqan steel ghav 'uSqan tin jey' wax req ---end quote--- -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net

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New Beginner's Grammarian?
by John R. Harness 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hi all -- it has been more than a year since I was named Beginner's Grammarian. I have barely done any of that job because there has been nearly no KLBC traffic. In any case I'd like to formally step down in case anyone else would like to take the position. However, it seems to me that there is so rarely traffic that comes under the BG's purview that the position might remain vacant without consequence. Thanks, John -- Socialist Alternative <http://www.socialistalternative.org/> Klingon Language Institute <http://www.kli.org/>

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mu' chu' chabal tetlh!
by qurgh lungqIj 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

The qep'a' is a mere 4 months away, so it's time to start up another chabal tetlh! Is there a word you wish we had? Well now's your chance to suggest it! If you are a Facebook user, please head over to https://www.facebook.com/groups/LearnKlingon/permalink/1267497370025143/ and comment with your suggestions. If you are not a Facebook user, you can still see all the suggestions people have made by going to https://www.facebook.com/groups/LearnKlingon/permalink/1267497370025143/. However, instead of commenting, either reply on list or send me an email directly and I'll add your suggestions to the Facebook post. The post will be open for two weeks and will close in the evening of April 3rd. I will accept no more suggestions after that time. Then we will have a series of polls (both public and member only) on the KLI website to narrow the list down. qurgh

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Klingon Word of the Day: moch
by qurgh＠wizage.net 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 31, 2017 Klingon word: moch Part of speech: noun Definition: superior Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: logh chal je 'angweD
by qurgh＠wizage.net 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2017 Klingon word: logh chal je 'angweD Part of speech: noun Definition: planetarium Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Grammar question
by Jeremy Silver 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

If you have a list of nouns conjoined with an "and", e.g.: {Daq wa'DIch, Daq cha'DIch, Daq wej'DIch je} and you need to append a type 5 noun suffix to them, how would you go about it? Thanks, mupwI'

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Klingon Word of the Day: SoQmoH
by qurgh＠wizage.net 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017 Klingon word: SoQmoH Part of speech: verb Definition: close, shut Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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dates in New Klingon Words list
by MorphemeAddict 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

What do the dates in the New Klingon Words list refer to? It seems that all of the dates for the qepHom words are from 2015. The list says the first qepHom (in the narrow sense) occurred in 2002. qepHom 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 qepHom 9 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 qepHom 10 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 qepHom 11 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 qepHom 12 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 qepHom 13 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 02/02/2015 03/02/2015 qepHom 14 11/04/2015 qepHom 2015 p.12 10/30/2015 11/03/2015 qepHom 2015 p.13 10/30/2015 qepHom 2015 p.14 10/30/2015 qepHom 2015 p.18 10/30/2015 11/03/2015 qepHom 2015 p.19 10/30/2015 qepHom 2015 p.20 10/30/2015 qepHom 2015 p.21 10/30/2015 The words with just "qepHom" as the source are: beb mutlhwI' ghantoH jaQ jaQHa' majyang majyang mutlhwI' mutlh ngogh mutlhwI' pIQ pIQHa' qatlhDa' qorgh QemjIq taSman tlhIm vel velwI' wan wanHa' wejwa' 'och mutlhwI' 'o'wen 'ul pat mutlhwI' lay'tel SIvten

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Klingon Word of the Day: ghIt
by qurgh＠wizage.net 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Klingon word: ghIt Part of speech: noun Definition: flow (e.g., water), gush, spout Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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