Klingon Word of the Day: 'aplo'
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 10, 2022 Klingon word: 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: container, box Source: TalkNow Klingon This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 10, 2022 Klingon word: 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: container, box Source: TalkNow Klingon _______________________________________________ ngaS 'aplo' contents (MKE) ["the box contains..."] (qe'San on Facebook, 8/11/13): {'aplo'} = a general term for a small container (Lieven, 9/01/2018): This is not canon, and just my opinion, but I suppose that {'aplo'} refers to some kind of container, box, (something smaller) or so, while a chest {DerlIq} is more a thing made of wood, or it's larger. (IMO, HQ 8.3): The word for top is {yor}. This refers to the top side or top face of an object, such as the top of a box or the top of a table or even the top of one's head. It is not the word used for lid or cover or cap (as in lid of a jar) or removable (and reusable) top of a box. The word for this kind of top or lid or cover is {yuvtlhe'}. The word for bottom, the counterpart of {yor}, is {pIrmuS}. This word refers to the underside of something, not the interior bottom (such as the bottom of a well or the bottom of a bowl where a few drops of milk remain after eating cereal). The word for the interior bottom of something is {bIS'ub}. If an item is located in the bottom of a box, it is located in the box's {bIS'ub}. If something is found underneath a box, it is found beneath the box's {pIrmuS}. SEE: wab qoSta' 'aplo' cassette, audiocassette (TNK) 'ul 'aplo'mey batteries (TNK) SEE ALSO: ngaSwI' container (n) DerlIq chest, crate, trunk (n) ‘unwat basket (n) bal jug, jar, bottle (n) qegh vat, barrel (n) 'Ib tub (n) buq pouch, bag, sack (n) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 16:10, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 10, 2022
Klingon word: 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: container, box Source: TalkNow Klingon _______________________________________________
ngaS 'aplo' contents (MKE) ["the box contains..."]
I can't help but think that this is the word "Apollo". Maybe Okrand was thinking of the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC), from the Apollo 11 mission, when he coined the word: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/alsrc-apollo-lunar-sample-retu... Of course, there are a huge number of things associated with the word "Apollo" so it may be impossible to determine what Okrand was thinking of, if he was thinking of this word at all, unless he tells us. -- De'vID
Who knows? IIRC TalkNow Klingon was released in 2017 and Okrand did some brief translations for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 2016 – which is where your image comes from - , including the Apollo 11 Command Module : tera' jar Soch, DIS wa' Hut jav Hut, maSDaq SaqmeH Qu' wa'DIch HochHom turlu'taHvIS, wej logh lengwI'pu' pa'mey 'oH APOLLO wa'maH wa' ra'ghom bobcho' COLUMBIA'e'. The Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar landing mission in July 1969. (NASM) So the timing is right. -- Voragh ___________________________________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol On Behalf Of De'vID On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 16:10, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>> wrote: Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 10, 2022 Klingon word: 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: container, box Source: TalkNow Klingon _______________________________________________ I can't help but think that this is the word "Apollo". Maybe Okrand was thinking of the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC), from the Apollo 11 mission, when he coined the word: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/alsrc-apollo-lunar-sample-return-container-apollo-11/nasm_A19710814000<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/alsrc-apollo-lunar-sample-return-container-apollo-11/nasm_A19710814000__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!ptxnhmCHr8WYrEAwYUNNySMdT1dV6S6HwN6ueWtGZlbJgzmljfaR0ruOdVuVOpbIv3g$> Of course, there are a huge number of things associated with the word "Apollo" so it may be impossible to determine what Okrand was thinking of, if he was thinking of this word at all, unless he tells us.
Lieven pointed out to me that TNK was released in October 2011, before the NASM material, so the timing is *not* right. So much for that theory! As for the 'aplo' <= Apollo idea, I can't help point out the Etruscan god Aplu, usually identified with Apollo. As a non-Klingon aside, I've always thought it interesting that Apollon was also called Apollo by the Romans and not identified with an older local god -- e.g. Zeus/Jupiter (Etr. Tinia), Hades/Pluto (Etr. Orcus), Ares/Mars (Etr. Laran/Larun), Athena/Minerva (Etr. Menrva), Aphrodite/Venus (Etr. Turan), Dionysus/Bacchus (Etr. Fufluns), etc. Voragh -----------------------------------Original Message----------------------------------- From: tlhIngan-Hol On Behalf Of Steven Boozer/Voragh Who knows? IIRC TalkNow Klingon was released in 2017 and Okrand did some brief translations for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 2016 – which is where your image comes from - , including the Apollo 11 Command Module : tera' jar Soch, DIS wa' Hut jav Hut, maSDaq SaqmeH Qu' wa'DIch HochHom turlu'taHvIS, wej logh lengwI'pu' pa'mey 'oH APOLLO wa'maH wa' ra'ghom bobcho' COLUMBIA'e'. The Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar landing mission in July 1969. (NASM) So the timing is right. ___________________________________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol On Behalf Of De'vID On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 16:10, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu <mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu> > wrote: Klingon word: 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: container, box Source: TalkNow Klingon _______________________________________________ I can't help but think that this is the word "Apollo". Maybe Okrand was thinking of the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC), from the Apollo 11 mission, when he coined the word: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/alsrc-apollo-lunar-sample-retu... <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/alsrc-apollo-lunar-sample-return-container-apollo-11/nasm_A19710814000__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!ptxnhmCHr8WYrEAwYUNNySMdT1dV6S6HwN6ueWtGZlbJgzmljfaR0ruOdVuVOpbIv3g$> Of course, there are a huge number of things associated with the word "Apollo" so it may be impossible to determine what Okrand was thinking of, if he was thinking of this word at all, unless he tells us.
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