January 2023 - tlhIngan-Hol

Bullets in Klingon
by James Landau 28 Jan '23

28 Jan '23

I've been thinking for a long time about how to translate the song "Boys like You" (SoH rurbogh loDpu') by Who Is Fancy (ft/ Meghan Trainor and Ariana Grande) into Klingon. I thought, after we got *ruH* and *tapqej*, that we'd had all the necessary words. But then I thought about the beginning line: I'm at the deep end, cannonball jump I wondered what Klingons would call a cannonball in the swimming pool. I wondered if the war-ready Klingon people would derive it from their word for a ballistic cannonball, the way English speakers do. So what was the word for "cannonball", I asked myself.. I figured they'd say *tal* plus whatever the word for bullet was, right? But I checked the dictionary -- no word for bullet. No word for projectile. Not even a word for ballista. Considering the Klingons are notorious for talking about battle all the time, I thought we'd just HAVE to already have a word for projectiles -- one we could put after *HIch* to make a word for "bullet" or put after *tal* to make a word for "cannonball". But I can't seem to find one. Am I missing something? Or do people here just use a non-canon derivation like *pengHom*?

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Klingon Word of the Day: jonpIn
by Klingon Word of the Day 27 Jan '23

27 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 27, 2023 Klingon word: jonpIn Part of speech: noun Definition: engineering officer Source: KGT (217 KE, 241 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: weSjech
by Klingon Word of the Day 26 Jan '23

26 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 26, 2023 Klingon word: weSjech Part of speech: noun Definition: fabric, cloth, textile 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: 'ap
by Klingon Word of the Day 25 Jan '23

25 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Klingon word: 'ap Part of speech: noun Definition: dues, toll Source: qepHom 2020 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: nan
by Klingon Word of the Day 24 Jan '23

24 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Klingon word: nan Part of speech: verb Definition: use the fourth toe Source: HQ (10:2 p11) 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 23 Jan '23

23 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 23, 2023 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: tIr
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Jan '23

23 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, January 21, 2023 Klingon word: tIr Part of speech: noun Definition: grain 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: nav vaH
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Jan '23

23 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 22, 2023 Klingon word: nav vaH Part of speech: noun Definition: envelope (paper cover) Source: qepHom 2015 p.18 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: puqnI'loD
by Klingon Word of the Day 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 20, 2023 Klingon word: puqnI'loD Part of speech: noun Definition: grandson Source: KGT 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: 'umber
by Klingon Word of the Day 19 Jan '23

19 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 19, 2023 Klingon word: 'umber Part of speech: noun Definition: ecosystem, environment Source: qep'a' 26 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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