September 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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Klingon Word of the Day: rIjmeH tlhegh
by Klingon Word of the Day 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, September 30, 2023 Klingon word: rIjmeH tlhegh Part of speech: noun Definition: tether, leash Source: qep'a' 30 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: poj
by Klingon Word of the Day 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, September 29, 2023 Klingon word: poj Part of speech: noun Definition: analysis Source: TKD (100 KE, 120 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: DenIbya'ngan
by Klingon Word of the Day 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, September 28, 2023 Klingon word: DenIbya'ngan Part of speech: noun Definition: Denebian Source: TKD:E-K This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Lexicon size of tlhIngan Hol
by James Landau 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Hmmm . . . I checked out http://klingon.wiki/En/NumberOfWords and saw this: 2023 qep'a' 30 95 4,910 2023 Toki Pona Countries list 140 5,050 Now that we've gotten all the qep'a' 30 words entered at the wiki, it seems it's more like 99. So wouldn't that make it: 2023 qep'a' 30 99 4,914 2023 Toki Pona Countries list 140 5,054? But you're right, we have definitely surpassed 5,000. >Message: 5 >Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 07:15:41 +0200 >From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius(a)gmx.de> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Lexicon size of tlhIngan Hol >Message-ID: <484b4175-f5a8-f471-d336-a5ff21b51270(a)gmx.de> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > >Although each dictionary has a different counting method, I can >definitely confirm that. It is currently safe to say there are over >5,000 klingon words. > >Right after this year's qep'a', the page on the wiki was updated:> >http://klingon.wiki/En/NumberOfWords > >Lieven.

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ghoj
by Will Martin 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

We recently celebrated recognizing that we’ve collected a vocabulary of more than 5,000 words. The small, truthful comment that not everybody agrees on what constitutes a word to be counted set me on one of my sprees of excessive thought. Overthinking things is a core part of my identity. {ghoj} “learn” is obviously a root word. {ghojmoH} “teach” is obviously derivative, but since the English gloss is a different word, most people count it as a distinct word worth counting. Similarly, there’s {ghojwI’} “student, and {ghojmoHwI’} “teacher”, and while we’re at it, {ghojmoHwI’’a’} “professor”, thought that doesn’t count because it hasn’t made it into the lexicon, despite being pretty obvious. Hmmm. {ghojmoHwI’Hom} “teaching assistant”? Okay, I’m not talking about word that count anymore. This is a word most would understand, regardless of its absence from boQwI’ or equivalent personal lexicons. What about {ghojwI’Hom} to describe someone who, as a hobby, is interested in something enough to self-teach from available materials, but not interested enough to take formal classes, like a student guitarist, self-teaching from a How To book? Maybe some of the people here are students of this sort of the Klingon language. Then, what of {ghojwI’’a’}? I suspect that more than a few of us on this list qualify, as students who have exhibited an irrational zeal for learning the Klingon language. Of course, the general populace thinks that ANY effort made to learn the Klingon language is irrational, but putting that aside, I think that people like Qov, who learned the entire vocabulary to a level of instant recall, at the peak of her talents certainly qualified as {ghojwI’a’}, before she turned her efforts toward teaching, and then, I don’t know, writing volumes in Klingon, then shifting toward piloting airplanes, which, unlike speaking Klingon earned her actual money. HoD Qanqor was certainly {ghojwI’’a’ wa’DIch}, and there have been an impressive number of us to later deserve this label. We celebrate our teachers, but the culture and society of Klingon speakers would not exist without our great learners. I’m not going to try to list everyone who qualifies, since many who have done so early on have disappeared {ghojpu’’a’pu’?} and new ones have arisen on platforms I don’t participate in. I also don’t want to insult anyone by accidental omission. You know who you are. Nerd pride. I started to say that we need an equivalent of the rainbow flag, but I guess we already have the KLI logo. Those who are into dressing up, but not speaking the language have the original trefoil. I guess that’s covered. Then there’s the term BG — Beginners’ Grammarian — ghojchoHwI’pu’ pab po’? pItlh charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] ghoj
by James Landau 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

I'd like to run with that and propose the word *ghojwI'qoq*. A *ghojwI'qoq* would be something who is learning or at least dabbling in a field of endeavour/study, but is really a poser. Perhaps "great pretender" might be a translation of *ghojwI'qoq*. And then there's "Profundus Maximus": https://www.flamewarriorsguide.com/warriorshtm/profundusmaximus.htm Check out Mike L. Reed's description of the Profundus Maximus type of flame warrior above. That might be the best way to translate *ghojwI'qoq*. Or would that just be a *ghojwI ngeb*?

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Klingon Word of the Day: barat
by Klingon Word of the Day 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, September 22, 2023 Klingon word: barat Part of speech: noun Definition: India Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011 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: laD
by Klingon Word of the Day 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Klingon word: laD Part of speech: verb Definition: read Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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