tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 10 18:11:14 1996
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Re: `Kahless' book
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: `Kahless' book
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:12:02 -0400
> Here is a list of Klingon words and names in a Star Trek scenario fiction
>book called "Kahless" by Michael Jan Friedman, publ. 1996 by Pocket Books,
>ISBN 0-671-54779-8.
*snip*
> {Vorcha-doh-baghk!} 299 was said in ancient times, and seems to be stated to
>mean "All hail!". I can't find any likely similar Okrand Klingon form; this
>may mean that (M.J.Friedman imagined that) tlhIngan Hol has changed much
>between Kahless's time and now; or it may mean that in the original Kahless's
>time the people of Qa'yarin spoke some other language than tlhIngan Hol:
>likely originally the peoples of Qo'noS spoke many widely different languages,
>like on Earth. (Perhaps `Klingonaase' is one such old Qo'noSian language.)
This phrase was also used by the clerics on Boreth in the episode _Rightful
Heir_ when the Kahless clone appeared. Also they used [Torva luk do shell]
tevram