March 2022 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: net
by Klingon Word of the Day 17 Mar '22

17 Mar '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2022 Klingon word: net Part of speech: pro Definition: that (previous topic) Source: TKD (96 KE, 156 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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expressing "approximately" with {chaq} and {tlhoS} the lesson from {vabDot} where {chaq} and {tlhoS} refer
by mayqel qunen'oS 17 Mar '22

17 Mar '22

Suppose I write: vabDot Dochvam je'qang verengan There are three possible interpretations based on context: 1. Even a ferengi would be willing to buy this thing 2. A ferengi would be even willing to buy this thing 3. A ferengi would be willing to buy even this thing Now suppose that instead of the adverb {vabDot} we use the adverb {chaq}/{tlhoS}: chaq/thoS wej qama' HoHpu' wa'maH yaS Again, in a similar to {vabDot} manner, there are three possible interpretations based on context: 1. Perhaps/almost ten officers killed three prisoners 2. Ten officers perhaps/almost killed three prisoners 3. Ten officers killed perhaps/almost three prisoners Of course "perhaps"/"almost" is/are different from "approximately". But the conclusion I'm getting at is that.. We *can* use {chaq} and {tlhoS} with the intention that -if the context's right- they can be understood as applying to the subject/object instead of the verb, the way {vabDot} does. Right? -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ

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Klingon Word of the Day: che'
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Klingon word: che' Part of speech: verb Definition: rule, reign, run, preside 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: wu'
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Klingon word: wu' Part of speech: verb Definition: be mystical, be esoteric, be occult Source: qep'a' 28 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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{-bogh} {-bogh}'ed nouns and {-taHvIS}
by mayqel qunen'oS 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

I want to say: "A god who protects women while they are giving birth" So I write: boghmoHtaHvIS be'pu' Qanbogh Qun'e' Is this correct? Something seems strange but I can't understand what. -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ

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Klingon Word of the Day: Suj
by Klingon Word of the Day 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, March 12, 2022 Klingon word: Suj Part of speech: verb Definition: disturb Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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vabDot referring to the {-'e'}d noun
by mayqel qunen'oS 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Let's remember the Ca'Non example: HaqwI''e' DaH yISam Find the SURGEON now! (TKD) And now let's forget it. I want to say "locate even the humans". So I write: Human'e' vabDot tISam Can this mean too "locate even the humans"? Or is the only possible interpretation "even locate the humans"? -- Dana'an https://sacredtextsinklingon.wordpress.com/ Ζεὺς ἦν, Ζεὺς ἐστίν, Ζεὺς ἔσσεται· ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ

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Klingon Word of the Day: ngI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, March 13, 2022 Klingon word: ngI' Part of speech: verb Definition: be pressurized Source: qep'a' 24 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: navSu'
by Klingon Word of the Day 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022 Klingon word: navSu' Part of speech: noun Definition: key, legend (as on a map) Source: qepHom 2020 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] [Tlhingan-hol] canon sources of some names?
by De'vID 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Resurrecting an old message... On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 at 15:15, Steven Boozer <sboozer(a)uchicago.edu> wrote: > De'vID: > > While going through my lexicon to clean it up, I came across several > > names (of people) for whom I don't have a canonical source annotated: > > {Day joH}, {qeylIn}, {qeylor}, {qunI'vaS}, > > > > Does anyone know where they are from? > > [snip sources for {Day joH}, {qeylIn}, and {qeylor}] > > {qunI'vaS} Kunivas > > Spelling from TKW of a character in TNG "Heart of Glory" > Lieven just alerted me to the fact that {qunI'vaS} isn't found in TKW, and I flipped through the book myself and couldn't find it either. Does anyone know if it's canon or where it's from? Looking through the mailing list archives, it looks like it was KWOTD on Mar. 24, 2000, with "TKW" listed as the source: https://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/2000/March/msg00343.html Going further back, it was included in a list of names "from TKW" on May 24, 1998: https://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/1998/May/msg00463.html However, that list contains many names which are obviously not canonical (e.g., *{qulgh}, *{qern} which have impossible phonology). It looks to me like the poster intended to provide a list of the names of Klingons which appeared in TKW *in English* (e.g., "Klag", "B'Elanna", "Kern"), along with *their* attempt at "translating" them back into Klingon, but this was misread as a list of Klingon names (i.e., actually written in Klingon) from TKW. However, as far as I can tell, "Kunivas" does not even appear in English in that book, although the names of two other Klingons from the same episode, Konmel and Korris, both do (but only in English), and are given Klingon translations in that list. So, unless someone can come up with a canon source for {qunI'vaS}, I'll be removing it from {boQwI'}. (Or maybe I should tag the entry as non-canon with a note about its apparent history.) Those of you keeping word lists yourselves should do the same. -- De'vID

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