On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 10:48 AM mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
De'vID:
But also, we're missing something
About what ?
I think De'vID is referring to the fact that KGT claims Klingon has no noun for "color", and yet we've got one. It's an issue he's mentioned before. My hypothesis: In the years since KGT was published, appreciation for Klingon art has increased among off-worlders, who wish to discuss art with the Klingon artists. However, Klingon artists have found that a lot of off-worlders, especially artists, use a noun for "color". To facilitate communication about the arts, Klingon artists have started using a noun for "color": *qalmuS*. Maybe it was an archaic word that was brought back into use, like the verb *tlhogh*. Or maybe it was originally an esoteric scientific word having to do with photon energies or something. Maybe it's a borrowing from another language. Only Maltz knows for sure.