tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 20 14:51:13 1998
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Re: Wench?
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Wench?
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:50:26 -0800
At 09:16 98-01-20 -0800, Voragh wrote:
}: I wonder what the Klingon word is for wench. It is used in the 'Kahless'
}: book.
}:
}: qelayn
}
}According to Merriam-Webster's CollegiateŽ Dictionary:
}
} wench n [ME wenche, short for wenchel child, fr. OE wencel;
} akin to OHG wankon to totter, waver and prob. to OHG
} winchan to stagger--more at wink] (14c) 1 a: a young woman: girl
} b: a female servant 2: a lewd woman: prostitute
}
}1a. {be'Hom}
}1b. {toy'wI' be'/be' toy'wI'}, {toy'bogh be'}, {toy'meH be'}? -- assuming
}Klingons would
} even bother to distinguish between male and female *kuve* (servants/slaves)
}2. ??
}
}I'd just use {be'}. With the proper intonation and context, it should be
}clear what the speaker's attitude toward her is.
be' Qut
Qov [email protected]
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