8 Aug
2021
8 Aug
'21
7:09 p.m.
From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius@gmx.de> To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon word for oil
Am 08.08.2021 um 15:38 schrieb mayqel qunen'oS:
James Landau: >?How would you say "oil", in the sense of > petroleum, in Klingon?
I'm not sure how exact you need this word, but we do have {watrIn} "lubricant" and {nIn} "fuel", which both touch the meaning of oil.
Before we had {watrIn}, Okrand suggested to use {QuQ HuH} in my translation of the Little Prince.
Well, I finally came up with something . . . nagh nIn rock fuel It's a calque of the Latin "petroleum". 'avghanIStanDaq nagh nIn noH ghob George way Bush