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Klingon Word of the Day: veragh
by Klingon Word of the Day 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, August 02, 2021 Klingon word: veragh Part of speech: noun Definition: rivet 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: rob'agh
by Klingon Word of the Day 01 Aug '21

01 Aug '21

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, August 01, 2021 Klingon word: rob'agh Part of speech: noun Definition: hologram Source: qep'a' 26 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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if you don't plan to write your a$$ off then why learn the jay' language
by mayqel qunen'oS 01 Aug '21

01 Aug '21

pa'logh, Holqoqvam vIghojchoHpu'DI', jIHvaD jIjatlhpu': < HIQoy, a**h***; Holqoqvam vIghojmeH, jInIDqu'choHchugh, 'ej jIvumqu'choHchugh, Holqoqvam vIghojpu'DI', roD, roD, r-o-D, Holqoqvam Dalo' 'e' vIpIH 'ej vIpoQ. > vaj, tagha', Holqoqvam vIghojpu'DI', roD vIlo'choHpu'. 'a 'op nuv tu'lu' ('ej Do'Ha' law'qu' nuvvam).. < tlhIngan Hol wIghoj wIneH > jatlhtaH, 'a pIjHa' Holqoqvam lu'lo'. 'ej HIyajHa'Qo'; DIbna'chaj 'oH ('ej nuvpu'vam vISaHbe'chu' jay' net Sov). 'a meqqoqchaj vIyajlaHbe'.. vay' Dalo'qangbe'taHchugh, qatlh vay'vam DaghojnIS? ~ Dana'an look at all these jay's I don't give.. I mean just look at them..

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Klingon Word of the Day: Hew
by Klingon Word of the Day 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, July 31, 2021 Klingon word: Hew Part of speech: noun Definition: statue, sculpture Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2021 new word puns
by James Landau 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:18:04 +0200 >From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius(a)gmx.de> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2021 new word puns >Message-ID: <dedde2de-3aab-1b48-78df-6913cf7b2f99(a)gmx.de> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > >Am 27.07.2021 um 02:39 schrieb James Landau: >> lIS'ab (rodent) -- like Basil the Rat, from Fawlty Towers > >I'm not so sure that rat is so important in that show. My first guess >was the same name, from a movie title "Basil the Great Mouse Detective". >It might be both, of course. Oh. I've heard of The Great Mouse Detective, but I didn't recall the protagonist's name being Basil. It could very well be both. Think of *InSep*: at one level, it's just an anagram for "penis", but at another level, it could be said to represent the InSep-tion of a new life. >One other thing, which is not a pun, but a useful background: Maltz said>there are two words for Korea, and this was confusing for Klingons. > >The Korean language has two different names for the southern and the >northern part. In North Korea, it is called Chos?n, which refers to an >ancient kingdom Go-Joseon. See Klingon spelling {choSan}. South Korea is >called Hanguk (roughly translated as "Han-Empire"). Klingon spelling >{Hanghuq}. > >As the definition was given for "Korea" only, it is possible that in the >future, the parts are re-united into one country, which explains why >Klingons use both terms. While I was awaiting ALL of the new country names from the chabal tetlh (We can talk about the geography of Asia now! Yay!), I was especially curious about Korea, since there's a North Korea and a South Korea as of 2021, and I wondered how Marc Okrand was going to deal with this. This sounds like the ideal solution! Now we can say *Hanghuq Hol* (or *choSan Hol*) and *Hanghuq Qat QoQ*! And when I was reading over the list of country names, with Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Romania added, I was shocked to realize that we don't have a Klingon word for "Mexico" yet!

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] new words qep'a' 28
by James Landau 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

>Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:17:30 +0200 >From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius(a)gmx.de> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] new words qep'a' 28 >Am 28.07.2021 um 00:03 schrieb James Landau: >> Agreed. Although people often mention "having a Y chromosome" or "having >> two X chromosomes", the only times I can think of that I've used >> "vanadium" are when I was reciting the first thirty elements of the >> periodic table by heart. > >I agree that most elements are not useful in the sense of needing them >often, but I would wish the entire periodic system to be available in >Klingon, just for completeness. > >Here's a list of those we already have: >http://klingon.wiki/En/Chemistry Since 1998, I've been working on a project, for my own conlanging, and to help other conlangers and language learners, called the Landau Core Vocabulary (LCV). It's a word list of the important words to cover, with the lexical distinctions different languages make (such as "daughter (of a mother)" versus "daughter (of a father)" covered. Part I is a Swadesh-esque list of 200 basic concepts. Part II is adverbs, pronouns, function words, grammatical functions, and conversational phrases. Part III is numbers. Part IV is the most common adjectives, verbs, and nouns. Part V is more specialized but still important words in content areas. Part VI is slang (and conversation-only words like "mhm"). There is also an appendix with proper names. So anyway, here are the words I have in the Chemistry sections of the LCV -- in Part IV and Part V. Here I have added the Klingon translations for words that have them. CHEMISTRY (Part IV) 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 CHEMISTY (Part V) hydrogen: bIQSIp helium: julSIp lithium: puj nitrogen: voQSIp neon sodium: popSop magnesium aluminum: bettI' silicon: Santlhar phosphorus sulfur: no'negh chlorine potassium calcium: 'apraQ titanium: yuHSIQ cobalt 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 (same as the word for "deny", as in Kankonian, but Okrand says this is just a coincidence!) nucleus atom: HeySel molecule: 'o'rIS ion: tat base (opposite of acid): 'evtlhev So we're still missing some frequently used element words like "neon", "phosphorus", and "potassium". Let's break out the ra'taj and say a toast that Marc Okrand lives long enough to give us the whole periodic table!

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2021 new word puns
by James Landau 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

>Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:02:00 +0200 >From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius(a)gmx.de> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2021 new word puns >Here's another try for a possible pun: > .{yorqej} n. "nomad" > >Jackson Roykirk is a character from Star Trek who created the Nomad >space probe. > >https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jackson_Roykirk I haven't heard of Jackson Roykirk, but given the information you gave me, this seems to be an "Aha, this must be it!" pun explanation. *qej* seems to be Jack backwards, as "jackpot" is rendered backwards as *tapqej* -- the word for a Klingon cherry, because getting three cherries means you've hit the jackpot!

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] new words qep'a' 28
by James Landau 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

>Message: 8 >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:06:34 -0400 >From: Will Martin <willmartin2(a)mac.com> >To: tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] new words qep'a' 28 >Message-ID: <904A66E2-1AFF-4657-B746-F91DB0B1DF96(a)mac.com> .Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >There?s a Gilbert and Sullivan song that became a Tom Lehrer parody that would be wonderful in Klingon, if we ever get the entire >periodic table. > >charghwI? ?utlh >(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj) What do you suppose americium would be called? Would the name of seaborgium be a pun referencing the Borg? Would copernicium be called *pIchQIm* or (*'epInqulcher*)? With the revelation of words for "X-ray" and "X chromosome", our English-Klingon dictionary got its first X-words at this qep'a'. (I actually had a part in this, by requesting a word for "X chromosome" at the chabal tetlh.) I think a word for "xenon" would be a nifty affition.

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2021 new word puns
by James Landau 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 01:05:29 +0200 >From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin(a)gmail.com> >To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' 2021 new word puns >>On Tue., Jul. 27, 2021, 02:39 James Landau, <savegraduation(a)yahoo.com>>>wrote: > >> >> HuDngech (sine) -- sounds like Chengdu backwards, although I'm not sure >> what Chengdu has to do with sine waves -- perhaps the prefix Sino- for >> Chinese? >> > >You're overthinking this. {HuD} and {ngech} are the words for mountain and >valley. Oh, so it wasn't even a pun, just a (relatively) straightforward derivation. I don't have the words *HuD* and *ngech* in my working vocabulary yet, so I didn't notice this. >> >>ngur (to be autistic/Aspie) -- maybe "nerd"? > > >Ngurodivergent. Bazinga! Think you've nailed it. Would "autism" or "Asperger's" be "HarqIn ngur" (or *ngurbogh HarqIn", perhaps?), to use one of my requests from the 2020 qep'a'? "Aspies" would be *ngurwI'pu'*, I believe. >yelneHSIQ (vanadium) -- backwards, this is Chris Henley -- anyone have any >idea who Chris Henley is? Googling "'chris henley' vanadium" doesn't help. > >Chris Henley is a friend of Marc Okrand and used to work with him at WSC >Avant Bard. I don't know why Okrand chose Henley's name for vanadium, but >he's honoured various people in his life with Klingon words not necessarily >related to their names over the years, so there might be no connection to >vanadium at all. Thanks for the explanation! I googled "'chris henley' 'marc okrand'" after you told me that, but even then, I just got 4 Google hits. They were about WSC Avant Bard, though. (Heh, Avant Bard, reminds me of the surname of the latest National Spelling Bee champion, Avant-garde.)

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new word {mur}
by Lieven L. Litaer 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

This question is more towards the English language, so maybe the requester of this word could explain what they were thinking. What exactly does "Wince, Cringe, Flinch" mean? Also the added definition on the wish list does not help me: "Reflexively recoil or shrink away". Where would I use this? -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa28

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