tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 31 14:46:34 1996
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RE: Greetings
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Greetings
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 96 22:18:16 UT
December 31, 1996 9:49 AM, jatlh Holtej:
> > > Other doubt: Qa'pla or Qapla' ?
> >
> > The word is "Qapla'".
>
> On the Microsoft Network (MSN), there's an area called the Klingon
> Compendium, one section of which is "Linguistic Studies." Every day,
> there's a new word. The word /Qapla'/ is given. (These are all done by
> Okrand).
Actually, I'm beginning to wonder if he doesn't just give the word and the
sound file, and someone else writes the entry.
> In the explanation part of this screen, the word is given an
> alternative spelling: /Q'apla/. Now, it's not tlhIngan Hol orthography,
> and you'll never catch *me* using this spelling, but sometimes rules are
> broken, (heck, my first name is d'Armond), and this may be a frozen
> form. Still different from /Qa'pla/ above, but I thought it worth
> mentioning.
Ack!!! There's another, much more significant part to this entry!!!
"This is used as an exclamation, a greeting, or a farewell. It means 'Success
(to you).'"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay. It's a greeting. Now there are two. *sigh*
A couple of other entries I happened upon (I really should make a copy of
every one):
{Haw'} "Verb, to run away." Not "run away from." This implies that it is
intransitive.
{la'} "military ranking above lieutenant and below captain." This seems to
settle the question of {la'} vs. {ra'wI'}.
{mej} "Verb, to go away from." Ooh! {mej} seems to be transitive!
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