July 2018 - tlhIngan-Hol

tlhIngan Hol vImuSHa'
by RE Andeen 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

povvam lut vIqonbogh vImughchoH, qep'a'Daq vIlaDmeH. vIlaDtaHvIS, mu'tlheghvam vItu': Are you prepared to make a full confession? tlhIngan Hol vIlo'taHvIS, wa' mu' neH poQ mu'tlheghvam: bIDISrupchu''a'? Dunqu', qar'a'? qep'a'Daq SoHchugh vaj lut DaQoylaH. qep'a'Daq SoHbe'chugh vaj chaq DalaDlaH. pagh

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Klingon Word of the Day: SoSbor'a'
by Klingon Word of the Day 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, July 06, 2018 Klingon word: SoSbor'a' Part of speech: noun Definition: main core Source: 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: yuq
by Klingon Word of the Day 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, July 05, 2018 Klingon word: yuq Part of speech: verb Definition: outwit, outsmart 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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Klingon Word of the Day: mob
by Klingon Word of the Day 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 04, 2018 Klingon word: mob Part of speech: verb Definition: be alone Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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info from Maltz on the spellings of Gorkon and B'Elanna
by De'vID 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

--- begin quote --- According to the endnote you cite, the Gorkon in *Hamlet* is "not the Chancellor who initiated peace with the Federation, but one of his legendary forebearers." If this Gorkon was "legendary," we can assume he existed long ago… maybe in no'Hol times, maybe not as far back. The first part of *paq'batlh* has some incomplete bits of no'Hol (pages 44-49). It's fragmentary, so one has to be hesitant about drawing conclusions, but we can see a few things: Under at least some circumstances, no'Hol /o/ became modern /a/ and no'Hol /oo/ became modern /aw/. For example: {tyot} > {cha’} “two” {pog’} > {pagh} “zero, none” {moy’} > {may’} “battle” {tunsroot} > {tonSaw'} "fighting technique" Given what's in *paq'batlh*, one might conclude that /o/ > /a/ (and /oo/ > /aw/) all the time, but we can't be sure about this because we don't have examples of no'Hol /o/ in all environments. Specifically, we don't have examples of no'Hol /o/ following /g'/ (the presumed precursor of /gh/) or preceding /r/, and we don't know what influence, if any, other syllables in the word may have or if stress plays a role. Given the other examples, I somehow doubt that /g'/ would make any difference, but a following /r/ might. Note that no'Hol /e/ usually becomes modern /I/: {teq} > {tIq} "heart" {tlhengon} > {tlhIngan} "Klingon" But {mu'qberet} > {moQbara'} and not {*moQbIrI'} or the like. We don't know why this is, and it doesn't really matter right now. But given all of this, it's quite possible that {ghorqon} is an old form of the name "Gorkon" and, over time, the second /o/ became modern /a/ (as in the examples above), but the first /o/ stayed /o/ for some reason (perhaps because of the /r/, which may or may not be what's going on in the {moQbara'} situation, or perhaps not). Or maybe an earlier form of the name was something like {ghoorqon} and this became {ghawrqan} and this became {ghorqan} as triconsonantal clusters like /wrq/ were simplified (to /rq/ in this case, with /w/ affecting the quality of the preceding vowel). Short version of all of the above: Since *Hamlet*'s Gorkon and the later peacemaker Gorkon are not the same person, and since *Hamlet*'s Gorkon is the older, "legendary" one, we (meaning Maltz and I, and hopefully others) can be comfortable saying the *Hamlet* Gorkon pronounced his name the old way (the way it would have been pronounced during his time), namely {ghorqon}, and the peacemaker Gorkon pronounced his name the modern way: {ghorqan}. As for {beylana} — I, like you, would also have expected the Klingon version of B'Elanna to be {be'elanna} or {be'ela'na} or {bI'Ila'na} or something like that. On the other hand, B'Elanna is half-Klingon, half-Human. Her mother (the Klingon half) and B'Elanna herself, we're told, were the only Klingons around on a Federation colony, so she was born into (and, as a little girl, raised in) a very non-Klingon environment. Whatever the source/origin of the name (that is, whether the name is a traditional Klingon name or not), it's very likely that she (and her family and friends) did not pronounce it in a very Klingon way. In other words, for her -- and not necessarily for other people with the same name -- maybe the name is, in fact, pronounced more like {beylana} than anything else. If we accept that, Duolingo is fine. --- end quote --- -- De'vID

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Klingon Word of the Day: puH Duj
by Klingon Word of the Day 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 03, 2018 Klingon word: puH Duj Part of speech: noun Definition: car, automobile, land vessel Source: TalkNow! This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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New word from Maltz: mIrSam "smoking pipe"
by Rhona Fenwick 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

A little while ago I was asked to look over someone else's translation into Klingon of a story that involved, among other things, the word "pipe" - not in the sense of a fluid conduit, but a pipe used for smoking - and the Klingon rendition that had been used for the English word was slightly ungrammatical as written and a little clunky. However, it reminded me that I'd heard something about a possible Klingon rendition of the word way back in 2011 at my first qep'a', and so, in my most recent email exchange with Marc Okrand, I asked him about the Klingon term for such a pipe. He confirmed that "mIrSam, for better or worse, is the word for "(smoking) pipe."" (email dated 11-05-2018) No word on what plant or animal substances a Klingon might smoke in such a pipe (certainly on Earth there's a fair range), but that might be a question someone can pose at qep'a' or at another time. QeS 'utlh

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first confirmations for qepHom 2018
by Lieven L. Litaer 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

Attention warriors! it has begun: right before the beginning of the summer break we have drawn the lots for the first 25 attendees who whish to attend the qepHom 2018. Just check your mails to find out if you are one of the lucky students. (Due to space limits and high registration numbers, we had to decide for this system.) To give the other interested Klingonists the chance to get one of the limited seats at the qepHom, the next attendees lottery will be done at the beginning of August. We wish you good luck. Remember: Registration deadline is September 15, 2018 on http://www.qephom.de/e/nextqephom.html rIn. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery

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Klingon Word of the Day: mej
by Klingon Word of the Day 02 Jul '18

02 Jul '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, June 30, 2018 Klingon word: mej Part of speech: verb Definition: leave, depart Source: ADD 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: QIm
by Klingon Word of the Day 02 Jul '18

02 Jul '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, July 01, 2018 Klingon word: QIm Part of speech: noun Definition: egg Source: KGT (225 KE, 241 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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