January 2020 - tlhIngan-Hol

Pluralizing Pokémon
by Jesse Manoogian 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

Something that went through my mind tonight. Would the plural of "po'qeymon" be "po'qeymonmey" or "po'qeymonpu'"? I could see a -pu' plural because Pokémon each speak in their own language. It's not a language shared with any sapients, but Pokémon do speak languages. However, all Pokémon can say is their own names. And as far as I know, no human has ever spoken to a Pokémon in its language. So maybe the plural takes -mey. What are your thoughts?

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Half a year till the qep'a' cha'maH SochDIch
by Jesse Manoogian 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

We're now half a year away from 2020's qep'a' -- halfway between the last one and the next one. I see seven people (both loDpu' and be'pu') have registered already. We have 203 words listed in the chabal tetlh, 139 of which have a non-negative score, 134 of which have a score of at least 1, 122 of which have a score of at least 4, 104 of which have a score of at least 10, and 57 of which have a score of at least 20. However, a few of these are words like "England" and "fossil" that have already been coined before the 2020 qep'a'. We have lots of great word nominations this year -- furniture, blink, protein, lens, zinc, oval, blackmail, qubit, and more. Even the inherently funny word "spleen" looks like it's going to make it. burnI' SanDas recently saud he made lots of lonely votes, but is "lonely no more". I've been a lonely lapwI' in my own way. I was the only person voting +1 on "tear", and more recently have been one of the few people voting +1 on "extinguish" and "marijuana". Maybe at the 2020 qep'a' we can have ghaw' or pIpyuS pach instead of pItSa' chab! Any takers?

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Klingon Word of the Day: lep
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Klingon word: lep Part of speech: noun Definition: solid (state of matter) Source: qep'a' 23 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: tamler
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 23, 2020 Klingon word: tamler Part of speech: noun Definition: element (in chemistry) Source: qepHom 2015 p.13 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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pronouns in noun-noun constructions
by mayqel qunen'oS 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Suppose I write: {ghaH loDnI'} with the interned meaning "the brother of him". Would it be correct ? ~ mayqel qunen'oS

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Klingon Word of the Day: loj
by Klingon Word of the Day 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, January 18, 2020 Klingon word: loj Part of speech: verb Definition: be all gone Source: TKD (93 KE, 120 EK) 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: 'aw
by Klingon Word of the Day 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Klingon word: 'aw Part of speech: verb Definition: go through, pass through (matter) Source: qep'a' 26 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: lItHa'
by Klingon Word of the Day 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 20, 2020 Klingon word: lItHa' Part of speech: verb Definition: get off (of) Source: KGT (218 KE, 244 EK) 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: Han
by Klingon Word of the Day 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 19, 2020 Klingon word: Han Part of speech: verb Definition: be learned, be scholarly, be erudite Source: qepHom 2016 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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which of the two would you prefer ?
by mayqel qunen'oS 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Intended meaning: "why do we cause for us trouble because of him ?" Which of the following two would you prefer ? {qatlh ghaHmo' maHvaD maSeng ?} {qatlh maHvaD ghaHmo' maSeng ?} ~ mayqel qunen'oS

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