December 2020 - tlhIngan-Hol

new words qepHom 2020
by Lieven L. Litaer 19 Dec '20

19 Dec '20

Due to the annoying {qoro'na javtIm} (yes, that's canon now), everything was different this year. Not only that we had to cancel the qepHom, there were also some delivery problems for our handouts which delayed everything. As we wanted to send it all at once to the students, the words from Maltz were also waiting in the package being sent. Today, with a delay of exactly four weeks, we are finally proud to have sent over 80 packages to the virtual qepHom attendees, and so we can also reveal the words from Maltz — and there are many! You can find a list of words at the page in the Klingon Language Wiki, and I'll forward the details on this list step by step when I get the time. If you have any questions, please tell me and I'll forward them to Maltz, through Marc Okrand of course. (He told me that due to the pandemic restrictions, Maltz isn't going away anyway, and he's angry about that because apparently, Klingons are immune to the disease. But Maltz is angry all the time anyway, so it's not much difference.) http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepHom2020 ber v. ovulate, undergo ovulation (i.e. the discharge of a mature ovum from the ovary) bertlham taymey n. epilogue bewSom n. mixture of ingredients that, after a bit of time, produces fermented HIq. Maltz thought that maybe this was shortened from something like bewSom roghmeH qegh pa' "vat for fermenting bewSom room" or "bewSom fermenting vat room", but he wasn't sure about that. bewSom pa' n. brewery [room] bewSom qach n. brewery [building] bI'reS taymey n. prologue buq'ach n. trombone-like Klingon instrument, so a Terran trombone would be a tera' buq'ach. chenHa' meyrI' v. fail to climax (slang), lit. "the square malforms" qul chenmoH v. light a fire, ignite fire chI v. menstruate, undergo menstruation chuv n. leftover (also used for money change) ghItlhwI' 'echlet n. chalk board, flip chart ghuch v. climax, is not heard as frequently as a couple of slang expressions: meQ (literally, "burn") and HutmaH chav (literally, "achieve 90"). ghuj v. pivot, swivel [what the door knob does when you push it down] ghujmoH v. pivot, swivel [would you do to a door knob] HIjmeH 'ap n. fee paid when bringing certain commodities into a jurisdiction is HIjmeH 'ap pIn n. customs officer HIvje'He n. piano in a piano bar Hoq v. pull a child's wagon (by its handle) or for a train engine to pull the train along or to pull an electrical plug out of the wall. HommaH n. appendix (of a book) Hovje'voH n. evolution (Darwinian), technical or scientific term Evolution Ho'yI' n. bow (for arrows) HuqmeH 'ap n. excise tax, sales tax, VAT Hur v. pull, tug; refers to the action of pulling back the string of the bow but also to pulling the handle on a door to open or close the door or to pulling on someone's suspenders. HurDagh chuHwI' n. bow (for arrows) (not a Klingon device), lit. "stringed-instrument hurler" HurwI' n. bow (for arrows) (not a Klingon device) (short form) HutmaH n. sexual climax (slang), literally "90." Maltz didn't know how 90 got to be associated with climaxing. jejSIp n. acetylene jIrmoH v. crank, can be used for turning a doorknob. lenmeS rop n. Lenmes disease, a native Klingon disease caused by a bacterium. Its symptoms include high fever, weakness, and perhaps abdominal pain, headaches, and a skin rash. medical terms maqDar n. mak'dar, Klingon insult cursing may'ron raS n. piano mutchoH n. evolution (Darwinian), less technical term Evolution namyaS n. hood (of a cloak, robe, sweatshirt, or whatever) navSu' n. key, legend (as on a map) ngutlh'a' n. upper-case letter paSta' n. Terran pasta, noodles, spaghetti. This is a Terran thing (or things), so they borrowed the word. pomtut n. battering ram pupHa' v. be approximate; If it's necessary to hedge one's bets adverbially, chaq "perhaps" and ghaytan "likely" are acceptable. pupqa' v. bribe (slang) qav n. Maltz didn't know what qav by itself was, but he said he wouldn't be surprised to learn that qav'ap was shortened from qavmeH 'ap or something like that at some point in the past. qeqchu' v. train really well, to work really hard at it and achieve intended goals qet'uy n. pine cone, something that grows on certain kinds of trees and looks much like a pine cone as seen on Earth. botany qoro'na javtIm n. corona virus medical terms qo'vID wa'maH Hut n. Covid 19 (SARS-CoV-2 disease) medical terms qul qaDwI' n. firefighter, lit. fire challenger fire qul QongmoHwI' n. firefighter, one who puts fires to sleep, but that's usually not applied until the fire is actually out. fire qul SuvwI' n. firefighter, lit. fire fighter, fire warrior fire qul tlhay'moHwI' n. firefighter, lit. fire tamer (less frequent) fire QongmoH v. extinguish fire, lit. put to sleep, cause to sleep fire rem'ay' n. diaphragm, thoracic diaphragm (body part) body parts Sor 'IventoH n. pine cone, lit. tree pineapple; the proper term is qet'uy. tab v. wane, ebb, dwindle (talking about phases of a moon), idiomatic usage: "not applying yourself fully to the task at hand" tabHa' v. wax (talking about phases of a moon) targho'nI' n. tungsten tarngeb n. uranium taymey n. section of a book or play or the like that's separate from the main portion of the work. taymey is a frozen form and is considered singular. It's okay to say taymeymey teywI' 'echlet n. chalkboard or whiteboard or any similar surface that can be erased and reused tochmu' n. bribe / normally used with the verb chup (recommend, suggest) and sometimes with much (present). tlham rI'gheS n. parachute, lit. gravity deflector. Apparatus that creates some sort of force field that counters gravity when descending. tlhay v. embalm; refers to infusing a dead body with some sort of fluid to preserve it (and thereby create a jItuj'ep mummy). tlho' Huch n. tip, lit. gratitude money; Maltz said the concept was weird. va'chum n. sponge (for cleaning) veqtal n. VeK'tal; The VeK'tal response is a measure of Klingon physiological condition vemmoH v. light a fire, lit. wake up, cause to wake up fire wejHa' adv. already, means something along the lines of "before now" or "as of now." woj tlhuD v. be radioactive, lit. "emit radiation" 'alwI' n. floater, informal word for parachute, the old-fashioned contraption that resembles an umbrella 'ap n. dues, toll 'ebHIv n. apparatus used to distill various concoctions into an acceptable form of HIq 'ebHIv pa' n. distillery [room] 'ebHIv qach n. distillery [building] 'ebraH n. climax (sexual) 'o'nI' Sub n. solid foam (like styrofoam) 'uch v. keep (in the combination of change) -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com

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Klingon Word of the Day: pIch
by Klingon Word of the Day 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, December 18, 2020 Klingon word: pIch Part of speech: verb Definition: blame Source: TKD (99 KE, 122 EK, 132 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon corpus tool
by Iikka Hauhio 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Hi, some time ago I made assembled a corpus containing approximately 240,000 Klingon words. I included publicly available texts and a couple of texts with permission. It includes most of the Okrandian canon. You can search the corpus here: https://klingon-corpus.herokuapp.com/ . It allows limiting search to only some sources and using regexes as search queries. It also has a builtin dictionary that can be used to check meanings of included words. I hope it is useful for both language learners and researchers alike. If any of you here have any suggestions to improve this tool I'd be happy to hear them. Also, I would be pleased if any of you donated texts to me to include them in the corpus. To protect the copyright of the authors, I have limited the number of search results to one hundred. This way it is not possible to get an entire text using an empty search query. The purpose of the website is to be a search engine, not a way to download copyrighted material. Due to this reason, I will not publicly share the whole corpus, but I'm willing to do analysis on it if someone wants. I have already published frequency lists of words, morphemes and syllables on the web site that I hope can be used for example when crafting beginner's word lists etc. Best regards, Iikka "fergusq" Hauhio

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Klingon Word of the Day: QaS
by Klingon Word of the Day 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, December 17, 2020 Klingon word: QaS Part of speech: noun Definition: troops 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: Hu'ma
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Klingon word: Hu'ma Part of speech: excl Definition: uh, umm 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: letbIng
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, December 12, 2020 Klingon word: letbIng Part of speech: noun Definition: mercury Source: qep'a' 27 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: tomat naH
by Klingon Word of the Day 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Klingon word: tomat naH Part of speech: noun Definition: tomato Source: EuroTalk Talk Now Klingon 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: butnat
by Klingon Word of the Day 14 Dec '20

14 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 14, 2020 Klingon word: butnat Part of speech: noun Definition: plutonium Source: qep'a' 27 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: Dat
by Klingon Word of the Day 14 Dec '20

14 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, December 13, 2020 Klingon word: Dat Part of speech: noun Definition: everywhere 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: ro'Sa'
by Klingon Word of the Day 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, December 10, 2020 Klingon word: ro'Sa' Part of speech: noun Definition: rose (a Terran flower) Source: The Little Prince This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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