12 Apr
2021
12 Apr
'21
8:56 a.m.
On 4/12/2021 8:32 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
qen jIHvaD qay'choHpu' vay': Holqoqvam vIlo'taHvIS, chay' "goddess" vIDellaH? {Qun} tu'lu', 'ej "god, supernatural being" 'oS mu'vam; 'a "goddess" 'oSlaH'a' je?
The word for /goddess/ is *Qun.* It's a genderless word. In English, what is the word for a female captain? It's /captain./ It's a genderless word. Nobody demands that we invent a word /captainess/ — in fact, English is slowly losing its gendered occupation words — so why would you want a Klingon word for /goddess/ in a language that already doesn't have any gendered occupation words? If you want to make sure your audience knows the entity is female, just say so. *be' ghaH Qun'e'.* -- SuStel http://trimboli.name