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Canonical word for "Lithuania" (with uncertain spelling)
by Felix Malmenbeck 09 Jan '23

09 Jan '23

Hey y'all! The US Embassy in Vilnius recently posted an interview with Marc Okrand, in which he spoke a few phrases, including a word for "Lithuania": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-u9h0qP-I The spelling of the word is not entirely clear: It sounds to me like *lIye'tu'va*, but I'm not at all certain about the qaghwI' after {ye}, nor quite certain about the qaghwI'lessness after {va}. I figure we can let Marc enjoy his holidays without bombarding him with urgent demands for clarification, but we may want to make note of it for some opportune time. The other phrases used are fairly standard, but an interesting note is that he referes to "the celebration season" as {lop qImroq}, whereas I believe in previous canonical uses of {qImroq} only natural conditions have been used as distinctions. It may be a spontaneous translation, and it is referring to a Terran concept, but as somebody who's used {qImroq} this way myself, it'll be nice to go on doing so with a bit more confidence. //loghaD

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Klingon Word of the Day: SuwISya'
by Klingon Word of the Day 06 Jan '23

06 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 06, 2023 Klingon word: SuwISya' Part of speech: noun Definition: Switzerland Source: qepHom 2016 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: tawleHnu' pogh
by Klingon Word of the Day 05 Jan '23

05 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 05, 2023 Klingon word: tawleHnu' pogh Part of speech: noun Definition: emphatically hopeless situation Source: qepHom 2019 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tawleHnu' pogh
by James Landau 05 Jan '23

05 Jan '23

>Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu >Thu Jan 5 07:16:20 PST 2023 > >PUN: “Read it backwards, and figure out the transliterated word that's been inserted into the middle of >another word to split it into two parts.” (ghunchu’wI’, 1/03/2022) > >Maybe I'm from the wrong generation but I don't see the pun. *Hel* in a *ghop 'unwat* = Hell in a handbasket, as in "Our little world is going to Hell in a handbasket".

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Klingon Word of the Day: chuHchu'
by Klingon Word of the Day 04 Jan '23

04 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Klingon word: chuHchu' Part of speech: verb Definition: hit with a thrown spear Source: 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: SeQ
by Klingon Word of the Day 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 02, 2023 Klingon word: SeQ Part of speech: verb Definition: be formal, be ritualistic, be ceremonial 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: ghorgh
by Klingon Word of the Day 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 03, 2023 Klingon word: ghorgh Part of speech: ques Definition: when? Source: TKD 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] QISmaS yIlop
by De'vID 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

Because the original of the below message was sent to the wrong address, it wasn't saved in the KLI mailing list archived, even though it was sent to many list members: https://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/2013/December/ The only references to it on the archive are replies in which the main part of it isn't quoted. I'm therefore quoting it in its entirety so it will appear in the archive here: http://lists.kli.org/pipermail/tlhingan-hol-kli.org/2023-January/ This came up because of the holidays and people asking how to say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" and so on. On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 2:41 PM Lieven <levinius(a)gmx.de> wrote: > > So many people have been using the word {QISmaS}, so that Marc Okrand > has confirmed it to be canonical: > > ----------------- > > I Skyped Maltz. He said he has been asked before about "Merry > Christmas" and "Happy New Year." He thought they were silly things to > say (and, of course, there are no traditional Klingon ways to say these > things), but he said that if you have to say "Happy New Year," you could > say {DIS chu' yItIv} or {DIS chu' DatIvjaj} or {DIS chu' botIvjaj} or > the like. > > For "Merry Christmas," he wasn't so sure. He said that perhaps you > could use the name of the holiday (which would be {QISmaS}) and say > {QISmaS yItIv} or {QISmaS DatIvjaj} and so on. He thought that people > who know about Christmas would understand that. He also liked my > sister-in-law's suggestion: {wornagh yItlhutlh!}. > > ----------------- > > If you understand German, you might check out the electronic Christmas > greeting card on www.hager.de with a built-in Klingon greeting at the > end. (click on the stamp of the card) > > ;-) > > > -- > Lieven L. Litaer > aka Quvar valer 'utlh > http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher > -- De'vID

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Klingon Word of the Day: mu'tay'
by Klingon Word of the Day 01 Jan '23

01 Jan '23

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 01, 2023 Klingon word: mu'tay' Part of speech: noun Definition: vocabulary Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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"Higher Power"
by James Landau 01 Jan '23

01 Jan '23

Check out the music video for "Higher Power" by Coldplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lfnR7OhZY8 The title of the song, "Higher Power", is shown in Kaotican script, for the language of the planet Kaotica. Kaotican script is just Wingdinglish, though, like those alphabets on Futurama. But doesn't it look a lot like pIQaD? (Coldplay's solar system the Spheres has twelve alien scripts, and this one is the most pIQaD-like.) That's not the only connection to Klingon I wanted to bring up, though. After I watched the video, I had a dream that I had asked Marc Okrand for some insect names in Klingon: grasshopper, moth, ladybug, etc. In the dream, Marc Okrand undertook an experiment with some people on the autistic spectrum, wherein they all put on costumes like those of different insects and experimented with what it felt like to fly around in them. As I watched them fly, there was a whirring "ruff" of blades, like the flying aliens wear later in the "Higher Power" video; obviously my dream was influenced by the music video. Marc's original idea was to name each insect after the first name + last name (Klingonized) of the person in that insect's costume. However, when the experiment was through, it turned out that NONE of the ngurwI'pu' wanted their names disclosed -- so Marc couldn't reveal ANY of the new insect words! I was pretty disappointed. And after I woke up, I realized that Klingon already does have a word for "grasshopper": *mIHneS*. (Which looks a lot like the Coldplay character Major *Minus* from Silencia . . . der-der-der . . . )

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