Klingon Word of the Day: targho'nI'
Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, May 20, 2021 Klingon word: targho'nI' Part of speech: noun Definition: tungsten Source: qepHom 2020 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: targho'nI' Part of speech: noun Definition: tungsten Source: qepHom 2020 _______________________________________________ AFAIK never used in a sentence. (qepHom 2020): Here's another element that seems to have something to do with poison ({tar}), though Maltz didn't know what {gho'nI'} might mean. He said he'd never noticed a connection between poison and some elements before and doesn't know what to make of it. Did Klingons at some point use uranium and/or tungsten to make poison? SEE: tarngeb uranium (n) (qepHom 2020) SEE ALSO: baS metal (n) baS laSvargh foundry (n) ’uSqan iron (n) ghav 'uSqan steel (n) velSo’ ’uSqan stainless steel (n) Qu cast (metal) (v) mItlh forge (metal) (v) pet be welded (together) (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.
On Thu, 20 May 2021 at 17:34, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon word: targho'nI' Part of speech: noun Definition: tungsten Source: qepHom 2020 _______________________________________________
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
(qepHom 2020): Here's another element that seems to have something to do with poison ({tar}), though Maltz didn't know what {gho'nI'} might mean. He said he'd never noticed a connection between poison and some elements before and doesn't know what to make of it. Did Klingons at some point use uranium and/or tungsten to make poison?
Tungsten is also known as wolfram, which comes from German "Wolf" ({targh}) + "Rahm" ({'o'nI'}). (I guess that answers the question of which Earth animal Dr. Okrand thinks the targ is closest to.) -- De'vID
A German pun seems appropriate for the qepHom. De’vID, have either you or Lieven kept a list of German puns in tlhIngan Hol? I’ve know of a couple but I imagine you both will have noticed more. Voragh _______________________________________________________________________ On Thu, 20 May 2021 at 17:34, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>> wrote: Klingon word: targho'nI' Part of speech: noun Definition: tungsten Source: qepHom 2020 _______________________________________________ (qepHom 2020): Here's another element that seems to have something to do with poison ({tar}), though Maltz didn't know what {gho'nI'} might mean. He said he'd never noticed a connection between poison and some elements before and doesn't know what to make of it. Did Klingons at some point use uranium and/or tungsten to make poison? Tungsten is also known as wolfram, which comes from German "Wolf" ({targh}) + "Rahm" ({'o'nI'}). (I guess that answers the question of which Earth animal Dr. Okrand thinks the targ is closest to.) -- De'vID
On Thu, 20 May 2021 at 23:03, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
A German pun seems appropriate for the qepHom. De’vID, have either you or Lieven kept a list of German puns in tlhIngan Hol? I’ve know of a couple but I imagine you both will have noticed more.
No, I haven't kept a list specifically of puns made from German words. There is one word which I was so sure was a German pun, but which Dr. Okrand has said is a completely unintentional coincidence: {Durghang} "lock". Locked doors often have a sign that says "kein Durchgang" (no passage) in German. (But maybe he saw a lot of these signs and subconsciously made the association.) A related word there is {bot} "prevent, block, prohibit", which might be from German "verboten". Another word which might be from a German verb is {Such}, which has the same meaning as German "besuchen". {pa'logh} "never" might be inspired by the German "damals" ("da" = "there", "mals" = "times"). The similarity of {chur} to "Schur" (related to the English word "shear") as in "Schurwolle" (virgin wool), which is considered uncomfortable, might be just a coincidence. The similarity of {nIyma'} to German "niemand" seems to be a coincidence, as it's actually based on someone's name. The affirmative answer {HIja'} seems to be composed of the affirmative answers in Japanese (hai) and German (ja). -- De'vID
Am 21.05.2021 um 07:13 schrieb De'vID:
No, I haven't kept a list specifically of puns made from German words.
There is one word [...]
Don't forget one of the most famous and obvious puns: {DaS} - "boot", based on the film title "Das Boot". Another one is the word {HanDI'}: A cell phone is called "Handy" in German. (and that's not slang.) -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/En/Puns
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