(qurgh, 7/29/2017): The cat said, "meow". Marc said yes. The cat meowed as I walked by. Marc said no.
This raises the question of how one should translate "The cat said". Would you say ghugh vIghro', 'Imyagh. or jatlh vIghro', 'Imyagh. or perhaps ghugh vIghro', jatlh, 'Imyagh. ? //loghaD ________________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:07 To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'Imyagh Klingon word: 'Imyagh Part of speech: excl Definition: sound made by a vIghro' or ghISnar Source: qep'a' 24 [2017] _______________________________________________ (qep'a' 2017): This is an imitative word and there are variations. And not everyone uses it in the first place. (qurgh, 7/29/2017): The cat said, "meow". Marc said yes. The cat meowed as I walked by. Marc said no. [Okrand] said these are words that described the sounds that the animals make. They are pretty much onomatopoeias of the animals' noises. CULTURAL NOTES: When Klingon women are ready to mate they slink around like a "Hellenian lynx" while making low growling sounds like a {chemvaH} in heat. (PK) Is a {chemvaH} a type of feline like a lynx -- Hellenian or otherwise? SEE ALSO: ghugh vocalize [by animals] (v) Huy hum, purr (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org