November 2022 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: HoS voveng
by Klingon Word of the Day 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 25, 2022 Klingon word: HoS voveng Part of speech: noun Definition: thyroid 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: yoHwI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 24, 2022 Klingon word: yoHwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: the brave Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in.
by James Landau 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

>Message: 9 >Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 08:53:51 +0100 >From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius(a)gmx.de> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in. >I think this year's puns are tricky or hard to find. They've been that way lately. >Although, on the other hand, I quickly found one you did not discover: > >{ngayvo'wan} working pants > >When typing pIqaD, {ng} is mapped on the F key. (and we know Okrand >knows that, as he's done this before, IIRC) I remember him doing that too, although I can't recall which word it was with. >Now read it aloud: Fayvo'wan --> 501 is a well known Levi's Jeans. Right you are! That is SO cool! (My high school had a senior superlative category for "Best buns in 501's".)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in.
by James Landau 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

>Message: 5 >Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:41:54 -0500 >From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Look what the vIghro' (or layyan, or taygher, or jeghwar) brought in. >> lachvoH (bee hive) -- Backwards, this is *Hov chal*, starry sky. Perhaps >> the Beyhive (as in, Beyonc? & Co.) is a "sky full of stars"? Aside from >> *'ImtIy*, though, Marc Okrand doesn't seem to make puns about twenty-first >> century pop culture. Or else he would've made the word for "beaver" >> something like *nItsaj* or *da'ghet*. >> > >MO has made more than a few puns that are apparently about semi-obscure recent >television shows (see: *qIr'a'*, *'obray'wal*, *'eQway*), but in this case >I suspect it's something more like: >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Cluster, a star cluster known since >antiquity. Oh, the Beehive Cluster? Can't say I've heard of it, but that looks as if it's it. I've never been able to figure out *'obray'wal*. Does some TV show have a lawyer character named Beau Scorpio? >> waDwach (scarf) -- Backwards this is "chow down" -- the OTHER meaning of >> "scarf". >> > >*maj. vIparHa'.* Me too! (However exactly a Klingon would say that!) >I'm having trouble with some of the other new words so far, although while >we're on the subject of puns, here's one I found recently: >*rober* - axis. The Axis Powers in WWII were originally known as the >"Rome-Berlin Axis" Oh -- good one! I was stuck on thinking there was some connection with the French pronunciation of Robert. Now we can insult people with: "qaytu'pu'lI' qach DISDaq bIDab!" BTW, I looked up Max Unger, and it turns out that's the real name of an athlete. From someone who inspired a word for bee/wasp, you'd think he was playing for the Charlotte /Hornets/, but there's no mention of that in his Wikipedia article.

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2022 new words puns
by James Landau 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

>Message: 12 >Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:00:01 +0100 >From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin(a)gmail.com> >> And BTW, would Internet-speak comments like ::blushes:: or ::cries:: be >> expressed with jI-, like ::jIruH::? It sounds more accurate than putting >> the verb into the third person as we do in English, but maybe there's an >> established rule for this. >> > >not ruH tlhInganpu'. > >chaq ::ruH:: tera'ngan. Come to think of it, a Klingon wouldn't write ::SaQ:: or ::jISaQ:: either, because Klingons lack tear ducts . . .would he?

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Klingon Word of the Day: DIv
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Klingon word: DIv Part of speech: verb Definition: be guilty Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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qep'a' 2022 new words puns
by James Landau 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

>From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0(a)gmail.com> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2022 new words puns >On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 2:17 AM De'vID <de.vid.jonpin(a)gmail.com> wrote: - *yItQet* "petroleum, crude oil": *boQwI'* currently lists this pun as a reference to "Tikriti", which I think is kind of a stretch. I think the more likely pun is *teQ tIy* "Tex tea" = "Texas tea", a slang term for crude oil made famous by the opening theme song to the *Beverly Hillbillies*. ::jIruH:: I was the one who added the "Tikriti" explanation into the wiki! When I saw the letter Q, I was thinking of kr, since kr often becomes Q in borrowings and puns (like *yelneHSIQ*). How often does ks/x become Q? (I don't have a list before me at the moment). But if crude oil is called Texas tea (a term I had never heard of before), it is a likely explanation. The only mismatch between "teQtIy" and "Tikriti" is that the former has an E between the T and KR, whereas the latter has an I, but there's no mismatch between "teQtIy" and "Tex tea" (assuming, od course, that Q is stanfard for ks). Maybe Marc Okrand intended to make both puns at once? With that and this *yI'De'* word, too. And BTW, would Internet-speak comments like ::blushes:: or ::cries:: be expressed with jI-, like ::jIruH::? It sounds more accurate than putting the verb into the third person as we do in English, but maybe there's an established rule for this.

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Klingon Word of the Day: wovmoH
by Klingon Word of the Day 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Klingon word: wovmoH Part of speech: verb Definition: light, enlighten 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: ghab
by Klingon Word of the Day 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 21, 2022 Klingon word: ghab Part of speech: noun Definition: meat from midsection of animal Source: KGT (214 KE, 250 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: ngoq
by Klingon Word of the Day 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 19, 2022 Klingon word: ngoq Part of speech: noun Definition: code Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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