Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 28, 2020 Klingon word: tetlh Part of speech: verb Definition: roll Source: tlhIngan-Hol Mailing List - De'vID - 01 March 2019 _______________________________________________ (De’vID < MO, 3/01/2019: (“down a hill like a log”) AFAIK never used in a sentence. SEE: tetlh roll, scroll, list (n) (st.klingon, 7/09/1998): Thus, one would usually say {naD tetlh gher} "he/she compiles the Commendation List" or "he/she writes the Commendation List". (Maltz laughed at, but accepted, {Soj tetlh gher} for "he/she writes the grocery list".) One would probably {gher}, rather than {qon}, a suggested list of readings, a gazetteer, a simple menu, or the instructions for assembling a toy (assuming the latter is not really an exercise in creative writing). (KGT 182): in the ceremony to induct new members into the Order of the Bat'leth ({betleH 'obe'}), the highest honor that the government bestows on a Klingon, the presiding official, usually the leader of the Klingon High Council, first reads a name from the {naD tetlh} (Commendation List), always calling out the inductee's name in the most formal way (given name plus father's name, such as {tI'vIS barot puqloD} [T'vis, son of Barot]). (MO email to Lieven, 06/08/2013): While {tetlh} can refer to a scroll, it can also refer to anything rolled up scroll-like (like toilet paper). The meaning of {tetlh}, over time, got extended to refer not only to the scroll/roll, but the contents of what may be written on a scroll and from there to refer to the sort of thing that may be traditionally written on a scroll, such as a "list" of things. So, even if not written on a scroll, a shopping list could be a {tetlh}. So could a ship's manifest. A {Qumran}, on the other hand, is only a scroll. And it has connotations of something important or sacred or ancient, though a {Qumran} need not be all three of those things. When a scroll is a part of a ceremony of some kind, it's typically referred to as a {Qumran}, not a {tetlh}, even though it is a {tetlh}, so if you called it that, you wouldn't be wrong, but it might sound inappropriate. […] In short -- any {Qumran} is a {tetlh}, but every {tetlh} is not a {Qumran}. (qep’a’ 2015): When asked about navigating lists or events, [Maltz] gave us {vorgh} "be previous" (opposite of {veb} "be next"). Can also use {nungbogh} ({nung} "precede") … (HQ 12.2:9): for the beginning of a list (of names or words, for example, whether spoken out loud or written on a scroll), one would say simply {pong wa'DIch} "first name" or {mu' wa'DIch} "first word". For the end, one could say {pong HochDIch} "last name" or {mu' HochDIch} "last word", but one could also use a special term for the end of the list, {natlIS}. (DevID < MO, 2/10/2018): "Be sorted" is {patlh}, which also means "have a rank of". So "sort" is {patlhmoH}, also meaning "rank". The object of {patlhmoH} is not a list (as a whole) but the things in the list, the things to be ranked or sorted. {Sal} and {ghIr} cannot be used for sort order. To sort a list of English words alphabetically (or reverse alphabetically), use constructions like {wa’DIch a, HochDIch z} or {wa’DIch z, HochDIch a}. For a list of Klingon words, it would be {wa’DIch bay, HochDIch qaghwI’, wa’DIch qaghwI’, HochDIch bay}. You’d use similar constructions to sort by date or whatever. I’m assuming that, for your purposes, you wouldn’t sort by anything other than something that can be put in a specific order – that is, not sorting by color, for example..." And to the question of whether *{yoymoH} could be used for reversing a list, [Okrand] replied: "No. Use {DopmoH} "cause to be opposite"." SEE ALSO: chabal tetlh wish list (n) naD tetlh commendation list (n) Soj tetlh grocery list (n) Qumran scroll (n) HIDjolev menu (n) mem catalog (n) paq book (n) ghu'lIS entry in a list (n) natlIS last item in a list (n) gher compile (v) [Feel free to mention any relevant vocabulary or usage notes from the last year or so. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my notes.] -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons