Actually, I was wondering about the syllable /-gon/. I know of: fedegon the Federation (used as adj.); a Federation person (TFR) fedegonaase Federation Standard, the language of the UFP; in the style/manner of the Federation (TFR) klingonaase Klingon (adj), the language or "in the style of", i.e. "they spoke French" or "that gown is very French" The suffix /-aase/ does not quite equate to /-ese/; it has a connotation of worldview, or world- manipulating tool. (TFR) Is /-gon/ an shortened form of /-gonaase/? We also find in THE FINAL REFLECTION: rom zha the Romulan game (i.e. *latrunculo*) (TFR) human zha chess (i.e. the Human game) (TFR) Does /-gon/ refer to a political grouping or organization. Could *{romgon} or *{humangon} be another way of referring to the Romulans or Humans as a group? This may be a different kind of organization than {komerex}: komerex lit. "the structure that grows", generally used to mean (growing or expanding) universe, empire (TFR) komerex romulan the Romulan (Star) Empire (TFR) komerex Romaan the Roman Empire (TFR p. 203) komerex fedegon the Federation (of Planets) (TFR) komerex klingon the Klingon Empire (expanding), that which is within the Klingon sphere of influence (TFR) Oops, there's that /-gon/ again! --Voragh -----Original Message----- From: Alan Anderson On Mar 28, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
I don't know how *klin* relates to *klingon(i)* in Ford's version of *klingonaase*.
The name of the language itself is deconstructed as “tool for the manipulation of the embodiment of the *klin* principle”. klin - the essence of what it is to be a warrior gon - the physical instantiation of an ideal aase - tool -- ghunchu'wI'