Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 25, 2019 Klingon word: ngomwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: geek Source: Festival of the Spoke Nerd This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: ngomwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: geek Source: Festival of the Spoke Nerd _______________________________________________ SEE: ngom be geeky (v) (FOTSN/FFN) (MO to De'vID, 3/2015): (1) {ven} can be used for "be nerdy", but there may be some other apt English translations. It describes someone who is really into something (or a number of things), a true devotee, who partakes in activities associated with whatever he/she is into - doesn't just sit on the sidelines - and does so very seriously (though, with Klingons, pretty much everything is done very seriously by everybody, so this isn't much of a distinction). It is possible to say {venwI'} "one who is nerdy" or "nerd". (2) Another word for nerd is {qatru'}. Though {venwI'} is fine, {qatru'} is more common... and nerdier. ({qatru'} is the word he gave me before he was perplexed by nerd vs. geek.) (3) {ngom} can be used for "be geeky". Like {ven}, it's used to describe someone who's really into something and knows a lot about it, but doesn't necessarily partake in related activities - certainly not with the thoroughness of a {qatru'}. (Also, as with {ven}, there may be some other English glosses besides "be geeky".) It is possible to say {ngomwI'} "one who is geeky" or "geek". SEE ALSO: vIlle' follower, disciple, fan, admirer, minion (n) qolqoS fanatical core (n) po'wI' expert (n) pIn expert, authority (n) (slang) ngotlh be fanatical (v)
Thanks. It seems that I copied it from a cross-reference in my notes. I checked again and found one of your old posts: (ghunchu'wI', 7/29/2009): There is no "fanatical" implication in {qolqoS}. That was an initial guess at the meaning by Lawrence, which got the response "Not necessarily fanatical." I have it glossed as "core, essence". In the right context, I think "heart" could be an appropriate translation as well. {qolqoS} is to be distinguished from {SuqSIv} "core (of an apple, planet, sun, etc.) as explained by Lieven's interview in the qepHom 2015 booklet (p.12) : MO: The Klingon word for core (of an apple, for example) is {SuqSIv}. LLL: Is this restricted to fruit, or can this also be used for the core of a planet, or the sun? MO: Yes, it could be the core of anything, the inside of something (but of course not the core of a group, which we know is {qolqoS}). It doesn't have to be a fruit, and it doesn't have be something that you throw away. When referring to the core of an ideology, theory, etc., you can also use {ghanroq} "basis, foundation (underlying support for an idea, argument, or process, depending on context)" [qep'a' 2018]. Cf. Okrand's qepHom 2018 Video Interview: "It's the foundation of a philosophy. The basics on which somebody's thinking is based." -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons ----------------------------------------Original Message---------------------------------------- From: Alan Anderson On Oct 25, 2019, at 11:09 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
qolqoS fanatical core (n)
“Not necessarily fanatical.” — Mark Okrand -- ghunchu'wI'
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