November 2019 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: 'angwIl
by Klingon Word of the Day 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 06, 2019 Klingon word: 'angwIl Part of speech: noun Definition: Kos'Karii (single) Source: qep'a' 26 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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expressing ratio
by mayqel qunen'oS 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

If I want to say "one fourth of a region", then what do I say ? {loS loch wa' Sep} or {Sep loS loch wa'} ~ bara'qa'

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tarDIghaD
by Hugh Son puqloD 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

>> On Nov 4, 2019, at 11:45, Alan Anderson <qunchuy(a)alcaco.net> wrote: > Kaspersky was looking for someone to translate a password analysis tool into Klingon. I was curious about this so I looked it up. The KlingonWiki had a page [http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Kaspersky] about this with a screenshot and a link. The link redirects to: https://password.kaspersky.com/klingon/ The screenshot on the KlingonWiki page showed the password checker UI with correct Klingon text in the standard Okrandian orthography. However the live site, in an apparent attempt to look more “Klingon”, now displays text in mangled pIqaD, with obvious English text written in pIqaD (Sechure paSSworD chHechQ) and obvious Okrandian orthography Klingon text-shaped pegs jammed into xifan hol-shaped holes (chHaw nghoq Dalo boghH yIghHItlHqo ) - note the inverted q and Q and missing qaghwI'mey. The text that appears interactively as you type a password into the field is a mixture of English (your paSSworD wIll be brutengorcheD…) and Klingon, all in broken pIqaD. The Klingon text contains at least one untransliterated English proper noun that ends up being similarly mangled (there’s a reference to a {ngerrarI puH Duj chHu }).

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translation of poem into Klingon in exchange for fantasy books
by De'vID 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

Hi, I've received a request to translate a poem professionally into Klingon by a fantasy author. The poem is 15 lines long in English. In exchange, the author is offering to send the paperbacks of a previously published fantasy novel (which is in two volumes, so two books) as payment. Is anyone interested? I can forward his contact info. (He's looking for a professional translation so this isn't for beginners or intermediate learners looking for practice.) -- De'vID

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Klingon Word of the Day: HI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 05, 2019 Klingon word: HI' Part of speech: noun Definition: dictator Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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{-oy} following an open syllable
by Hugh Son puqloD 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Do we have canon information about what happens to the type four noun suffix {-oy} when it follows an open (CV) syllable? I always figured a qaghwI' would be inserted to preserve phonology, e.g. so that only context would make it clear that {ghu'oy} and {ta'oy} don’t refer to beloved situations and records, respectively, but I don’t have any actual reason for believing this other than consecutive vowels being illegal. Would a Klingon speaker break the normal phonology to say something like *{ghuoy}? I was also wondering if, in Morskan, where syllable final {H} is elided, whether it would reassert itself as the beginning of a new syllable or whether it would remain silent and the syllable with a silent final {H} would behave like an open syllable (whatever the behavior for that would be). For example, as disgusting as the idea may be, would a Morskan speaker say {yIhoy}, {yI'oy}, *{yIoy}, something else?

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Klingon Word of the Day: tarDIghaD
by Klingon Word of the Day 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 02, 2019 Klingon word: tarDIghaD Part of speech: noun Definition: tardigrade Source: qepHom 2015 p.14 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: QIj
by Klingon Word of the Day 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, November 03, 2019 Klingon word: QIj Part of speech: verb Definition: explain 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: Ho' rutlh
by Klingon Word of the Day 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 04, 2019 Klingon word: Ho' rutlh Part of speech: noun Definition: cog/sprocket wheel Source: qep'a' 25 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: loS
by Klingon Word of the Day 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 01, 2019 Klingon word: loS Part of speech: noun Definition: fourth tone of nonatonic musical scale Source: KGT (218 KE, 261 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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