tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 28 21:19:08 1998
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Re: KLBC: Klingon Colors
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Klingon Colors
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 21:16:13 -0700
At 16:04 98-04-28 -0700, DloraH wrote:
}>I was trying to describe my clothes to a friend in tlhIngan and I did not
}>know how to tell her the color of my shirt.
}>
}>Is there a list of colors in Klingon?, if so where can I find it.
These aren't quite right. You've missed the point of Klingon colours.
The basic colours are:
qIj - black
SuD - blue, green, yellow
Doq - red, orange, brown, pink (Klingon blood is Doq)
chIS - white
If you want to be more specific about one of the colours, you might say:
}SuDqu' - green
}SuD 'ej wov - yellow
}Doqqu' - red
}Doq 'ej wovbe' - brown
The second group are for if it is important to differentiate. Compare with
English "red" versus "bright red" "rose" "crimson" "scarlet" or English
"blue" versus "teal" "turquoise" "cornflower blue" "navy."
In the first set are the "guy colours." The second set leans towards the
"artsy colours."
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian