July 2025 - tlhIngan-Hol

Chemistry terms on the LCV
by James Landau 26 Jul '25

26 Jul '25

The number of chemical elements we have in Klingon is growing every year now. Now we have all elements 1-20. Now that we're getting more and more element words, I wanted to check the chemistry vocabulary of Klingon against the Landau Core Vocabulary. ===Chemistry=== (Part IV) element (on the periodic table): tamler carbon: ghav oxygen: yInSIp iron: 'uSqan silver: SIrlIy gold: qol'om lead: ngIDvoS bronze: jey' Sorpuq steel: ghav 'uSqan to rust: ragh acid: pey compound: ghalmov ===More Chemistry=== (Part V) hydrogen: bIQSIp helium: julSIp lithium: qech'on nitrogen: voQSIp neon: ramrIv sodium: popSop magnesium: tI'yap aluminum: bettI' silicon: Santlhar phosphorus: jamtlhach sulfur: no'negh chlorine: 'ebogh potassium: tlhIneng calcium: 'apraQ titanium: yuHSIQ cobalt: tallIt nickel: yayal copper: Sorpuq zinc: rom'on tin: jey' iodine: jelwaS platinum: ??? mercury: letbIng radon: ??? radium: ??? uranium: tarngeb plutonium: butnat brass: ??? proton: valtIn neutron: yomIj electron: tem nucleus: ??? atom: HeySel molecule: 'o'rIS ion: tat base (opposite of acid): 'evtlhev be radioactive: ??? periodic table: tamler wa'chaw Yeah, so "platinum" would be a useful element name that we don't already have. "Radon" and "radium" too -- I didn't use to have them on the LCV, but added them when I saw them on the element list of the science vocabulary extension to that simple English news radio station that only uses 1,600 basic words.

1 0

Re: [tlhIngan Hol] More puns
by James Landau 26 Jul '25

26 Jul '25

>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:39:50 -0400 >From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <mark(a)kli.org> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)lists.kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] More puns >Message-ID: <30fbe505-0976-4ccf-a521-a6e6d632de60(a)kli.org> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" >>Not to dispute your analysis necessarily... >>On 7/21/25 9:26 PM, James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol wrote: >> >> pa'nItlh (aisle): "Clean up" backwards. As in the PA announcement: >> "Josh, clean up aisle 24!" >>I thought of this more as "room-finger"; an aisle being sort of a long >extended room/empty space (but that would be a hallway?) I didn't even think of "room-finger"! The rightmost column on the wiki qep'a' 2025 wordlist, though, says it's new instead of combined. There are a number of errors in that column, though. >> poH (session, shift): "Hop"-ing from one employee's shift to another. >>I feel this is a coincidence, since the other meaning of "poH" (time) is >perfectly sensible here, and this is just informing us that the meaning >extends to this. >>>> teb (compensate, monetarily): "Bet" backwards. >>Same with this.? The ordinary meaning "fill" makes sense as a metaphoric >use for compensation. That makes sense. >> 'abched (vitamin): Vitamins A, B, C, D, and E. >>Yeah, that was so obvious even I noticed it. What exactly do you mean by "even I"? Are you saying that you're usually unsuccessful at noticing puns in Klingon words? >> 'erQen (phrase): "Phrase" os a homophone of "frays". *Qen* means to be >> naked, like a frayed object. "Er" is the German word for "he", which >> suggests that it's the form of a verb you'd use with "he", i.e. the >> third person singular present. Like adding -s onto "fray". Does this >> sound convincing? >>>Not particularly, but it doesn't have to be.? There doesn't *have* to be >a pun basis for every word, but that doesn't mean it's wrong to find >one.? Even if what you find is totally not what Okrand had in mind and >is purely a figment of your imagination, it can still be a useful >mnemonic, if it works for you. Food for thought. >ngel'aH = peasant, partly xifan hol from "fellah" (Arabic word for a >peasant) I noticed that one too, when I started checking the ng- words for xifan puns, and was going to post on this mailing list about *ngel'aH*/fellah, but you beat me to it! Sharp eyes! >From: e.t(a)qeylis.net >qech'on -> Lithium (and/or batteries made thereof) have a high chance to >"catch on" fire. Wow, I didn't notice this one! Probably because if I were Okrand and creating a Klingon word based on "catch on fire", I would've spelled it *qech'an* with an A instead of *qech'on* with an O. *tamler* and such words are spelt with A, after all. >From: Jeremy Silver <jp.silver(a)tiscali.co.uk> >There had to be a punny reason he didn't just use {puj} +1 I was really expecting that Okrand would simply make the word for "lithium" *puj*, based on the precedent with *cha'puj*.

1 0

qep'a' wejmaH cha'DIch - New Words
by qurgh lungqIj 25 Jul '25

25 Jul '25

A number of new words were revealed at qep'a' wejmaH cha'DIch. See the list here: https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-language-information/qepa-wejmah-chad… Let me know if there are any errors. qurgh

3 2

Klingon Word of the Day: pab (verb)
by Klingon Word of the Day 25 Jul '25

25 Jul '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, July 25, 2025 Klingon word: pab Part of speech: verb Definition: follow (rules) Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

2 1

Klingon Word of the Day: veS (noun)
by Klingon Word of the Day 24 Jul '25

24 Jul '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, July 24, 2025 Klingon word: veS Part of speech: noun Definition: war, warfare Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

2 1

Klingon Word of the Day: qan (verb)
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Klingon word: qan Part of speech: verb Definition: use the fourth (pinky/little finger) finger Source: HQ:v10n2p7 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

1 0

Klingon Word of the Day: qan (verb)
by Klingon Word of the Day 22 Jul '25

22 Jul '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Klingon word: qan Part of speech: verb Definition: use the fourth (pinky/little finger) finger Source: HQ:v10n2p7 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

1 0

More puns
by James Landau 22 Jul '25

22 Jul '25

| | | | | | | | | | After *HalSIH* and *reqnub*, I found a few more puns: SIller'It (scaffolding, exoskeleton): "trellis" backwards tImjol (scandal): *lojmIt* (gate) backwards. -gate is a libfix/burger morph for naming political scandals. ming (socialize): mingle

2 1

Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Daghtuj jaj 'oH jajvam'e'
by James Landau 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:59:57 +0000 >From: "janSIy ." <kenjutsuka(a)live.com> >To: "tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org" <tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org> >>jatlh James Landau: >>>>>I was just thinking . . . if -Daq and other such noun suffixes can appear at the end of stative verbs that follow the nouns, aren't they really clitics >instead of "noun suffixes"? >>Even without that feature, it's already arguable that the type 5 noun suffixes are clitics. They don't actually modify the noun, but rather perform a >syntactic purpose within the larger verb clause. The very title of the group and description in TKD imply that they are really clitics and not true >affixes. None-the-less, treating them as noun suffixes that follow all the other noun suffixes makes it much easier for non-linguists and keeps the >description simpler and more consistent. >>If you are asking whether a linguistic description of the features of Klingon should note that these are actually clitics, then I would accept that as >most likely true. If you are asking whether we should stop calling them suffixes when talking about them in the Klingonist community, then I give >a very forceful, "No!" That makes sense, janSIy. I guess I have a definitive answer. Meanwhile, there were two puns from the new qep'a' words that stuck out at me immediately: HalSIH (oil): *HISlaH*, the word for "yes", backwards. As in "Langue d'Oil". reqnub (sclera): "Bunker" backwards. Archie Bunker was a White supremacist. The sclera is called the "white" of your eyes.

1 0

Klingon Word of the Day: qeQvav (noun)
by Klingon Word of the Day 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, July 19, 2025 Klingon word: qeQvav Part of speech: noun Definition: thingamajig Source: qep'a' 29 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

2 1