tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 13 12:25:31 1998
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: KLBC parmaqay
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC parmaqay
- Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:24:46 -0500 (CDT)
> parmaqaylI' vImoj 'e' DawIvmo' choquvmoH.
>
> pagh
: All this is good. I suggest that {wuq} might be preferable to
: {wIv}, if you consider that {wIv} likely refers more to
: choosing among options, while {wuq} likely refers to deciding
: yes or no for a given option.
wIv "choose, select" (v)
bISuv 'e' yIwIv; bISutlh 'e' yIwIvQo'
Choose to fight, not negotiate. TKW
nuHlIj DawIvpu', vaj yISuv
You have chosen your weapon, so fight! TKW
qawIv
I choose you. MSN (Klingon Lesson)
wIv "choice" (n)
[No examples in canon]
wuq "decide, decide upon" (v) [TKD Ad.]:
to'waQ yIyIvQo'; DaH yIwuq!
Don't chew ligament; decide now! KGT
ngoch luchermeH 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH pa' ghom tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'
where the leaders of the Klingon High Council meet to determine policy
and decide upon the fate of the Empire. S25
yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD HoD
Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who was
acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25
: In other words:
: parmaqaylI' vImoj 'e' Dawuqmo' choquvmoH.
: parmaqaywI', chowIvmo' choquvmoH.
: parmaqay maHmo', jIquv.
: I like it when casting iterations compress like that...
:
: charghwI'
BTW, par'Machkai (spelled thus in the Closed Caption) is {parmaqqay} in
Okrand's transcription, with two {q}'s -- {parmaq} "par'Mach" + {qay} "kai"
(??):
parmaqqay "romantic companion, romantic partner" (n) KGT
"A similar pattern is observed for {parmaqqay}, which means `someone
involved in a romantic relationship with a specific other person' (romantic
partner, perhaps). The word {parmaqqay} is formed from {parmaq},
conventionally translated love or romance (though the Klingon concept is far
more aggressive than the Federation Standard translations imply), plus
{qay}, an otherwise unknown element. One may refer to one's romantic partner
as {parmaqqaywI'} (my {parmaqqay}), but one rarely uses the word in direct
address (as in, say, {parmaqqay HIghoS} [{parmaqqay}, come here]). Instead,
couples (officially married and otherwise) tend to call each other by pet
names (sometimes called endearments or hypocorisms or, in Klingon, {bang
pongmey} [beloveds' names'])." (KGT p.199)
"Jadzia is not the {parmaqqay} that Worf expects." (KGT p.200 ill. caption)
Voragh