>From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius@gmx.de>

>To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org

>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon word for oil

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>> On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 at 04:09, James Landau <savegraduation@yahoo.com

>> <mailto:savegraduation@yahoo.com>> wrote:

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>>    Well, I finally came up with something . . .

>>

>>   nagh nIn

>>

>>    rock fuel

>>

>>    It's a calque of the Latin "petroleum".

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>That might what it's called in Latin, but I would not get that when I

>read it.

>

>{nagh nIn} is just like "Rock fuel" and sounds like either fuel to fire

>rocks, or fuel made of rocks.

>

>Perhaps a better approach is from a technical point of view, saying {nIn