tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 02 09:34:03 1996

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Re: Mating Ritual



>Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 05:42:07 -0700
>From: [email protected] (The Woulfes)

>>Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:17:47 -0700
>>From: "Andre Seesink" <[email protected]>

>>     nuqvam {mating ritual} tlhIngan wu'
>>     [what is the klingon word for mating ritual? I hope the klingon
>>     translation is correct aboyt this one]

>chaq <ruStay> DaneH. mughlu'DI' <bonding ritual> moj. chaq DuQaH mu'vam.

As I recall, "rustay" was used in Star Trek as a ritual Worf wanted to
perform with a young boy, to indicate a sort of father-son-like bonding,
not a sexual mating.  

~mark



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