tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 23 14:55:34 1997
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Re: update on tlh.H. food and flora
On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Marian Schwartz wrote:
|qoror here. I've noticed that we only had a smattering of food and animals
|in the Addendum. But I took another look at HolQeD 5.4. and compiled a
|list to show how far we've gone.
|
|Originally, we had only "pIpyuS" and "ro'qegh'Iwchab" for food. Here's
|the list now.
| Dargh
| Duran lung DIr
| qurgh
| targh tIq
| tIqnagh lemDu'
| vIno'va' qurgh
| wornagh
| 'Iwghargh
|I assume, from context, that "'Iwghargh" is some kind of food. If it's
|not, can somebody please tell me what it is?
'Iwghargh is a bloodworm (the kind you would like to find in your drink,
like a tequila worm). Remember the toast from PK:
reH HIvje'lIjDaq 'Iwghargh Datu'jaj
May you always find a bloodworm in your glass!
|And here are the new animals; originally, there was just "targh."
| chemvaH
| ghIlab ghew
| lung
| mughato'
| norgh
| Qa'Hom
Actually, we started out with a few more Klingon animals (not that we
really knew what they were). Here are a few you missed. Can anyone think of
any others?
'er animal used as a pet
bIreQ bregit (food animal)
DenIb Qatlh (or DenIbya' Qatlh) Denebian slime devil
ghargh worm, serpent (ghargh refers to serpent worm(s) as animals,
vs. qagh, which refers to serpent worms alive but with seasonings and
sauce added, served as food, and which is never pluralized. KCD)
ghew bug, cootie, insect
pIpyuS pipius, some sort of crustacean
Qa' a vicious animal
Qatlh slime devil
Qogh animal used as a pet (Kruge's reptile-dog?)
raHta' racht (a type of food worm served live)
reghuluS 'Iwghargh Regulan bloodworm
ro'qegh ?? (used for making a Worf's favorite blood pie)
*Sargh sark, Klingon riding animal, somewhat similar to an Earth
horse (Pen Pals) [This spelling seems to be preferred on the list.]
tIqnagh TKnag beast (a large food animal hunted with a naQjej in
the chontay. It's hooves are a food item.)
to'baj a food animal (another crustacean? to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh
"stuffed to'baj legs" are the traditional meal during QI'lop)
vetlh cockroach
yIH tribble
And here are some more Klingon food items:
'Iwchab blood pie (presumably there are several varieties)
bIreQtagh bregit lung
chab pie (or dumpling?)
HaQchor saccharine
Hurgh pickle (cucumber)
naH fruit
naHlet nuts
qagh serpent worms
ghargh refers to serpent worm(s) as animals, vs. qagh, which refers to serpent
worms alive but with seasonings and sauce added, served as food, and which is
never pluralized.
raHta' racht (a type of food worm served live)
tIr grain
to'baj 'uS to'baj legs
yuch chocolate
And here are some more beverages:
bIQ water
Dargh wIb sour tea
qa'vIn coffee
HIq liquor (alcohol, beer, ale, wine, etc.)
'IwHIq bloodwine
cha'vatlh ben HIq two century-old ale
HIq qIj black ale
pubtaHbogh ghargh HIq boiling-worm wine (possibly the 'Iwghargh)
*qulHIq fire-wine (term from "A Fistful of Datas")
romuluS HIq Romulan ale
'IwHIq bloodwine
reghuluS 'IwHIq Regulan bloodwine
tlhIngan 'IwHIq Klingon bloodwine (served warm)
And finally we have...
chuch ice [not a beverage or food, but Humans use it!]
|I got the idea when I reread the introduction of TKD and it said that
|scientific stuff; native tools, customs, and animals; and food were mostly
|unrepresented in the dictionary and so I took HolQeD and grouped all the new
|words into groups. I have the "scientific terms" and "native tools and customs"
|lists too, but I didn't print them because I thought you wouldn't be interested.
Go ahead and share your lists. I've made a few such lists myself. Seeing
the various vocabulary items grouped topically helps us realize how much we
*are* able to say, as well as making it easier to see which (if any) terms
we still need.
-- Voragh