>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