tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 14 09:18:54 1998
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Re: KLBC - QInvam yIlaD! QInvam yIlaD!
Two quick vocabulary/canon notes for DatlhHoD. I'll leave the grammar for the
BG.
: I couldn't find the verb "important" in TKD or
: KGT. Is there such a word in Klingon?
{potlh} "be important" (v) in TKD, as used by Okrand in:
tlhIngan qorDu' pong potlh law' Hoch potlh puS
Above all, the Klingon family name is highly valued. S13
qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu'
devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most important
Klingon virtues. S13
batlh potlh law' yIn potlh puS
Honor is more important than life. TKW
potlhbe'chugh yay qatlh pe''eghlu'
If winning is not important, then why keep score? TKW
tlhIngan wo' yuQmey chovlu'chugh Qo'noS potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo'noS... S27
nentay loptaHvIS tlhIngan potlh tlhIngan 'oy'naQ'e'
The Klingon Painstik is an important part of a Klingon's Age of
Ascension ceremony. S32
We also have {pav} "be urgent", which has never been used by Okrand.
: Also, for {mebqoq}, I was looking for
: the word "member", but all I came up with was "guest".
Okrand has written:
"An individual crew member is a {beq}." (KGT p.50)
... which isn't quite what you're looking for. Some people here on the list
use *{jeSwI'} for "participant" (from {jeS} "participate") or *{labwI'} for
"someone who posts" (from {lab} "transmit data [away from a place]").
Another option, at least for dues-paying members in an organization, might be
{qoch} "partner" -- which also seems to be an element in {maqoch} "buddy, pal"
(used only by males though; women say {chaj} to each other).
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Voragh
"Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons lis est."
Horace (Ars Poetica)