March 2017 - tlhIngan-Hol

qorvaD Hegh bom
by Jeremy Silver 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

I was recently inspired to complete a similar project on the Dirge for Kor from the end of the DS9 episode: Once More Unto the Breach, to see if I could make something more meaningful of it. If the one who made the translation which is published on the lyrics pages is on the list - no disrespect intended. Here's what I have so far (hope it lines-up for everyone): Phonetic My best guess What I hope it means me-ko ka-ra {mI' qul, qar'a'} The fires dance, right? eng-do ki-la {leng yo' qIj la'} The Commander of the Black Fleet travels key-do-sum {QI'tu'; Sum} Paradise; it is nearby ka-reH-do key-la {qarI'; yo' qIj la'} I call out to you; Commander of the black fleet sutem-pa raH-do {Sutempa', la' tlho'} Before you(all) deny, he thanks the Commander ma-ra eh- Kor {mara': 'el qor} We command: Kor enters re-ka {rI'qa'} (he/they) call(s) out again re-ka {rI'qa'} (he/they) call(s) out again re-ka {rI'qa'} (he/they) call(s) out again da-so pa-ca-re {DaSo'pa' qarI'} Before you cloak, I call out to you key ro-kah {yo' qIj qa'} Spirit of the Black Fleet [note: for this last line I could make nothing meaningful of the syllables in the order they came in (in conjunction with the following lines), so I swapped the first two. Maybe the original transcriber of the script swapped them first. If any of you can make more sense of them than me, I welcome your input.] ro-kah {yo' qa'} Spirit of the fleet ro-kah {yo' qa'} Spirit of the fleet ro-kah {yo' qa'} Spirit of the fleet If it helps, direct from the script we have this: Mi' qul qar'a, 'ej Do' QI'la'. QI'do' Sum, garI' do' QI'la. Sutem pa' rI' tlho' Mara' 'e' qor. rI'qa' rI'qa' rI'qa' DaSo' pa gareh QI' ro'qa' ro'qa' ro'qa' ro'qa. While we're discussing Kor, there's a meaningful quote from him in this episode, I hope my attempt at a translation does it justice: {yIn naH'e' yItIv, juppu'wI' Qup. baQDI' 'oH, 'ey, 'ach qaStaHvIS DISmey 'Iq yIyInQo'. qaSpu'DI' poH wIbchoH wejwa'.}

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Heghpu' vavwI'
by RE Andeen 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

qechmey law' vIqon vIneH, 'ach nargh mu'mey. Heghpu' vavwI'. pItlh.

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Klingon Word of the Day: velSo' 'uSqan
by qurgh＠wizage.net 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Klingon word: velSo' 'uSqan Part of speech: noun Definition: stainless steel Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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yay bom bom mu'mey
by Jeremy Silver 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

I'm guessing most consider the guessed lyrics of the "victory song" from Birthright part 2 to be either: * assumed to be in some ancient dialect (as an in-universe explanation) or * the worst kind of paramount hol with several random nonsense words lifted from the dictionary and mangled so badly by the script-writers this song is the very reason the term {Dap bom} was coined. One of my ongoing projects was to; if we assume a song about victory, actually contains the word for victory; that it might be possible to turn it in to a song of mostly meaningful {ta'Hol} that can be sung to the tune, and sound vaguely right if you squint your ears, and take into account the ways the standard latin orthography might be mispronounced by those scriptwriters. Some might be aware of an earlier draft, published elsewhere, that I am now less happy with. vaj, vebbogh bom mu'mey vImuch... mawup!: bach! chal wovmoH SuvchoHpu' wo' yay'a'! 'ey 'oH yay'a'! 'ey 'oH yay'a'! 'ey 'o-'oH meHDaq luchu' jIHDaq matu' pa'! Doq jaghna' muwaQchu'Qo' tepmaj neHqu' mughob qoHpu' yay'a'! 'ey 'oH yay'a'! 'ey 'oH yay'a'! 'ey 'o-'oH vang yaS cha'DIch Hong SeHlaw SIch wIjun 'e' chaw' gheDmaj HoHta' yay'a'! 'ey 'oH yay'a'! 'ey 'oH yay'a'! 'ey 'o-'oH Can you all make enough sense of it that this might work? Any suggestions for improvements, or errors to fix? Thanks, mupwI'

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Klingon Word of the Day: la'SIv
by qurgh＠wizage.net 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 27, 2017 Klingon word: la'SIv Part of speech: noun Definition: turtle, tortoise Source: altz told me about a Klingon animal that's kind of turtle-like called a la'SIv. So maybe "turtle" is tera' la'SIv. (email to loghaD, 3 august 2012) 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: jInmol pa'
by qurgh＠wizage.net 26 Mar '17

26 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, March 26, 2017 Klingon word: jInmol pa' Part of speech: noun Definition: studio, workspace Source: qepHom 2016 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: buSHa'
by qurgh＠wizage.net 25 Mar '17

25 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, March 25, 2017 Klingon word: buSHa' Part of speech: verb Definition: ignore Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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{law}, bat'telh in new words list
by MorphemeAddict 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

I just discovered the word {law} in the New Words List, 'nogree (1/243 of a circle)'. Was there a discussion here about this word? Are there other words based on powers of three in Klingon math? Is the English for {betleH bey'} really 'Bat'telh display', or should it be 'Bat'leth display'? lay'SIv

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Klingon Word of the Day: tagha'
by qurgh＠wizage.net 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 24, 2017 Klingon word: tagha' Part of speech: adv Definition: finally, at last Source: SKNG:05NOV1999 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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mu' chu' chabal tetlh - negative numbers
by DloraH 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

In HolQeD Sep 2000, when MO introduced us to basic math, he mentioned: >>> wej boqHa' loS would be "3 - 4" and the answer would be a negative number (a concept Maltz wanted to postpone for another time). <<< As far as I know, he never got back to that. We always had taH (negative angle), and recently we got ngIng (have a negative charge). I do programming/scripting; that includes math. Negatives, absolute values, exponents, and other such terms. - DloraH

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