October 2023 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: tangqa'
by Klingon Word of the Day 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Klingon word: tangqa' Part of speech: noun Definition: bull-like animal, *tangkar* Source: HQ:v9n4p? This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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New words from Hamletmachine
by Lieven L. Litaer 28 Dec '23

28 Dec '23

For the creation of the play {mu' mu' mu'} by the Dutch theatre company URLAND that premiered on 4th of March 2020, I was asked to translate a German play into Klingon, which was partially used in their play. The play "Die Hamletmaschine" by German author Heiner Müller was written in 1977, is internationally known and has been translated into several languages. During translation work, I got help from Marc Okrand who could discuss some useful information with Maltz. Due to some copyright situations, I cannot publish the translation right now, but I do not want to keep those words hidden until publication until then, so here we go. For a clearer and more "colorful" overview, see the page at the Klingon Language wiki: http://klingon.wiki/En/Hamletmachine Body parts: == Okrand quote == {nev'ob} refers to both the "thigh" and the "upper arm" (above the elbow). Similarly, {reStav} refers to both the "shin" and the "forearm." If it's necessary to make a distinction, precede these words with {'uS} or {DeS}. {cha'neH}, when used alone, means "forearm." But when preceded by {'uS}, it means "lower part of the leg." You could also say {DeS cha'neH} for "forearm," but this would probably be used only in a context where you were talking about both the forearm and the lower leg and wanted to clarify which was which. {reStav} is "shin," meaning the front of the lower leg. (I assume "Schienbein" is "shin bone." {reStav} is more than just the bone. The only way Maltz was aware of for referring to the bone is {reStav Hom}.) {Do'ghI'} is "calf," meaning the back of the lower leg ("Wade," presumably). == Okrand quote end == Clarifying "hang": == Okrand quote == {HuS} takes an object. If your shoes are hanging on a wall it's because somebody hung them there. {HuS} is not used to mean "lynch" or "execute by hanging." That's a different word: {jIb}. (Maltz thought maybe an early form of torture or execution was hanging people by their hair, but he wasn't totally sure about this and may have just been reacting to the homophony.) And there's another word: {tlhep} "be suspended, be dangling." Use {HuS} if, for example, you hang your coat on a hook on the wall or hang sheets on a clothesline to dry. But if, say, you see a spider dangling at the bottom of one of those silk threads that spiders extrude, use {tlhep}. Or if you see a pair of shoes tied together by the laces and, for whatever reason, they're hanging by the tied-together laces from an overhead power wire, use {tlhep}. == Okrand quote end == Okrand agreed that {jIb'egh} is "suicide by hanging". Next, there was a question about a "concubine": == Okrand quote == Maltz thought the best word for this might be {lIwnal}, though maybe not: the cultural connotations are a bit different since, in Klingon culture, everything associated with a {lIwnal} lacks honor, and this is not necessarily the case for a (Terran) king's concubines or courtesans. Note that only married people could have a partner who could be considered a {lIwnal}. Also, {lIwnal} could be male or female, so if it's necessary to distinguish, say {loD lIwnal} or {be' lIwnal}. == Okrand quote end == More words: {ghenlan} - Greenland (country) {qaw'} - flip over {qaw'moH} - flip over (i.e. "make something flip over") {rIv} - split {vIrgh} - rip (up), slash, tear (up), gash {'o'nI'} - foam, froth Not new words, but combined translations: {DeSwar bIr} - refrigerator {jorchan velqa'} - stage decoration {much jech} - costume {much yaH} - stage {qab jech} - mask Transliterations: {qo'qa' qo'la'} - Coca Cola {lIyenIn} - Lenin {maw} - Mao The question for a "stage" was answered with a general statement: == Okrand quote == Any place specifically designated for the performance of a specific task (or tasks) is a {yaH}. A stage is the {yaH} for the performance of plays or, perhaps, music. A football field is the {yaH} for a football game. A laboratory is a scientist's {yaH}. And, of course, on a ship, a {yaH} is a duty station. If context isn't enough to clarify what sort of {yaH} it is, you can say things like {much yaH}, {QoQ yaH}, {tamlerQeD yaH}, etc. == Okrand quote end == There's an idiom for "kill time": {'ebmey jonHa'} Talking about a "virgin", Okrand suggested saying it literally what a virgin is: {pagh ngaghpu'bogh be'} or {not vay' ngaghpu'bogh be'} Doing so, he answered the question if {ngagh} can be used with people. And in case anyone wondered, {jach} is a good verb to describe what a {jajlo' Qa'} does. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://klingon.wiki/En/Hamletmachine

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: cheyIS
by James Landau 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

And here my guess was that *cheyIS* was a reference to the Star Trek episode The Chase. The request for "cephalopod" noted that cephalopods were the only non-tetrapod body plan in which intelligence had been known to develop, and Marc Okrand may have played on that request by referencing the episode that deals with the whys and wherefores of sapient species looking so much alike across the world of Star Trek (BTW, I've never seen that episode, just seen it referenced when reading stuff on the Net about the evolution of sapient life). Okrand could've turned "Chase" into either *cheS* or *cheyIS*, and *cheS* was already taken for ANOTHER type of animal, the rabbit, so that was clearly out. (Although English has homonyms like manakins and manikins and weavers and weevers and plantains and plantains . . .) >Message: 2>Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:42:06 +0100 >From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin(a)gmail.com> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: cheyIS >Message-ID: > <CA+7zAmOBXyRpsBpb526V80Z1rZTYaf6f+LKA5Lu6Yq9wBZA5Ng(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:00?PM Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol < >tlhingan-hol(a)lists.kli.org> wrote: > >> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 29, 2023 >> >> Klingon word: cheyIS >> Part of speech: noun >> Definition: cephalopod >> Source: qep'a' 28 >> > >This may just be a genuine coincidence (as in, maybe it wasn't intended by .Marc Okrand), but the famous WWI propaganda poster "The Prussian Octopus" >was published by H & C Graham Ltd. > >You can see it here: >https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32687/the-prussian-octopus- > >Somewhat related: the reverse of this word, {SIyech} "cane, reed", might >have its origin in the C & H (California and Hawaiian) Sugar Company, a >brand of cane sugar.

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Klingon Word of the Day: ngIDvoS
by Klingon Word of the Day 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Klingon word: ngIDvoS Part of speech: noun Definition: lead (element) 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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Klingon Word of the Day: cheyIS
by Klingon Word of the Day 30 Oct '23

30 Oct '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 29, 2023 Klingon word: cheyIS Part of speech: noun Definition: cephalopod Source: qep'a' 28 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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vIy'jer nejwI’mey vurmoHlI’ NASA
by Steven Boozer 30 Oct '23

30 Oct '23

vIy'jer nIqHom vurmoHlI’ ‘amerI’qa’ lay leng logh je loH https://www.popsci.com/technology/voyager-software-thruster-update/ -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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Klingon Word of the Day: be'nI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 30 Oct '23

30 Oct '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, October 30, 2023 Klingon word: be'nI' Part of speech: noun Definition: sister Source: TKD (81 KE, 153 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon in SyFy channel basement-dweller commercial?
by James Landau 29 Oct '23

29 Oct '23

tuquvmoH! I'm saying *tuquvmoH* instead of *choquvmoH* because both you and Todd helped. (And here's a mayqel qu'nenoS type question: Could one say *choquvmoH tIn* or *tuquvmoH tin* for "A big thank you"? Technically *choquvmoH*/*tuquvmoH* is a conjugated verb, not a noun.) So I see most of it is gibberish/nonsense. While I was looking for the basement-dweller Space Channel commercial, I found the Pizza Hut commercial. According to our wiki, it's from 1994! That explains why they don't use *pItSa' chab* for "pizza", as TalkNow! didn't come out until 2011. (They could've made a play on *Hut* by having exactly nine Klingons, however.) >Message: 5>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:11:02 +0200 >From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius(a)gmx.de> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon in SyFy channel basement-dweller > commercial? >Message-ID: <36dfc8ce-8875-4e7f-64e2-83a43265b36c(a)gmx.de> .Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > .You can find a lot of details about that commercial in the Klingon >Language Wiki: > >https://klingon.wiki/En/SpaceChannel

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] tlhIngan-Hol Digest, Vol 89, Issue 28
by James Landau 29 Oct '23

29 Oct '23

Thanks for finding that! I didn't know there was a Canadian Sci-fi Channel that used to be called the Space Channel, so I thought they were referring to the American SyFy. I can make out *petaQ* and *Qapla'*, but that's about it. I would expect the "Awww, Mom!" line to have the syllable *SoS* in it, but I didn't hear that. >Message: 4>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 23:42:21 -0400 >From: Tad Stauffer <tadbot(a)gmail.com> >To: Klingon Language Mailing List <tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon in SyFy channel basement-dweller > commercial? >Message-ID: > <CAKXmuDLZdVbNsK0Zs8ZypR9MJtCBCRt6vRtukZm8rkJ7gRD=iA(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Here's the commercial; looks like it wasn't the SyFy channel, but the >Canadian Sci-fi channel (formerly known as the Space Channel): > >https://youtu.be/_0V_8AbEHYA?si=SYsmDW5Rkdps-MNB

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Klingon Word of the Day: ghojwI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 28 Oct '23

28 Oct '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 28, 2023 Klingon word: ghojwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: student Source: TKD (86 KE, 155 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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