January 2018 - tlhIngan-Hol

"Swifthawk" and "Cuddle Dungeon"
by qurgh lungqIj 10 Jan '18

10 Jan '18

A fellow Klingon Assault Group member, Jaymz Smith of the IKV Swifthawk, shared to our member forum this email he received from Dr. Okrand: ------------------------------------------- Jaymz — Sorry to have been sluggish in getting back to you. I ended up doing a lot of traveling last year (after my visit to Vulcan) — several US cities and a couple trips to Europe (most of the traveling was related to Klingon somehow). Things didn't calm down until after the holidays. So… For "Swifthawk," I'd go with 'apuStoQ. This is a new word (mostly). The toQ part means a particular kind of Klingon bird of prey (a bird, not a space vessel — the Klingon Bird of Prey ship is toQDuj). The 'apuStoQ is a bird of prey, a hawk-like bird, that flies particularly fast. A Klingon way to say "dungeon" is wutlh pa'. This is literally "underground room." There's no word for "cuddle," but yachchuq gets us kind of close. The verb yach means "pet" or "stroke" (like petting a dog), and yachchuq means "pet each other" or something like that. yachchuqmeH means "for the purpose of petting each other." So yachchuqmeH wutlh pa' is "underground room for petting one another" — that is, "cuddling dungeon." If I've misunderstood what you mean by "cuddling dungeon," let me know. In the meantime, I hope everything is going well for you, and all the best for the New Year. - Marc Thank you again Marc Okrand ------------------------ qurgh

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tenwal
by Lieven L. Litaer 10 Jan '18

10 Jan '18

This may sound a bit silly, but if this is not really the intended pun, it may be a way to remember: {tenwal} "page" is backwards "lawnet" And there are many (law') pages in the inter-NET. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery

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tera’Daq 'IHqu'bogh mIlloghmey chu' labpu’ JUNO nejwI’
by Steven Boozer 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-1-billion-probe-just-sent-back-mind-melt… -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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Klingon Word of the Day: lut mIr
by Klingon Word of the Day 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 09, 2018 Klingon word: lut mIr Part of speech: noun Definition: series (literature, television) Source: Netflix press release This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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ngIq and numbers
by mayqel qunenoS 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

I was wondering whether we could say: {loS ngIq mIw luSIQlu'} four individual processes someone endured Meaning "four individual processes one after the other". What puzzles me is using a number in conjuction with {ngIq}. Could this be done ? Is the above sentence correct ? ~ nI'ghma

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Klingon Word of the Day: mIn yuq
by Klingon Word of the Day 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 08, 2018 Klingon word: mIn yuq Part of speech: verb Definition: perform stage magic Source: November 2016 email to Lieven This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Is Daq'a' canon ?
by mayqel qunenoS 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

A little bird told me, that in a deleted scene of the 2009 star trek movie, appears the phrase: tlhIngan wo' Daq'a' bo'elpu' you have entered the jurisdiction of the klingon empire Does anyone know, whether this phrase was written by 'oqranD ? Is the above translation of {Daq'a'} = jurisdiction, canon ? ~ nI'ghma

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Klingon Word of the Day: wer
by Klingon Word of the Day 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 07, 2018 Klingon word: wer Part of speech: verb Definition: be creased, be wrinkled Source: qep'a' 24 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Two negations
by mayqel qunenoS 07 Jan '18

07 Jan '18

I just realized something.. In english you say "I didn't do anything" In greek we say "I didn't do nothing" In english you say "I don't know anything" In greek we say "I don't know nothing" In english you say "I don't go anywhere" In greek we say "I don't go nowhere" I'm certain that you, being native english speakers, find the above greek phrases strange/wrong. On the other hand, I, being greek, find the english phrases strange/wrong. maj. The question is, why should I -in klingon-, write {vay' vIqaSmoHbe'} instead of {pagh vIqaSmoHbe'} ? Why should I write {vay' vISovbe'} instead of {pagh vISovbe'} ? Why {vogh vIjaHbe'} instead of {pagh Daq vIjaHbe'} ? Why should I follow the english way of expressing the above, instead of the greek ? ~ nI'ghma

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Non-words in Klingon (was Re: Okrand about peD)
by Philip Newton 07 Jan '18

07 Jan '18

On 20 November 2017 at 22:39, nIqolay Q <niqolay0(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Then subtract the three words Okrand has said he won't use: {pIS, SIt, Qov}, I had heard about those first two, but the third one is news to me. Has Okrand promised at some point to ensure that Qov's name will never be a Klingon common noun? Ph. -- Philip Newton <philip.newton(a)gmail.com>

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