tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 11 08:59:22 1999
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The Colour Purple
- From: david joslyn <[email protected]>
- Subject: The Colour Purple
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:58:51 -0500 (EST)
"Klingon does not really have a name for 'violet' or 'purple'." [KGT p.82]
Maybe not, but there's a very good way to say the colour "purple":
{'Iw rur nguv} - It is tinted to resemble blood.
This may seem strange at first, but remember Klingon blood is actually a
light violet or lavender colour, not red like terran blood or green like
Vulcan's. Thus we get:
{'Iw rurqu'} - an intense purple
{Doq 'ej 'Iw rur} - red-violet
{SuD 'ej 'Iw rur} - a colour more blue-violet than anything else
{Doqqu' 'ej 'Iw rur} - a maroon or burgandy colour
{wov 'ej 'Iw rur} - a light lavender tint
Example:
qIj qabDaj. chISqu' jIbDaj. qul wovbogh 'ej 'Iw rurqu'bogh qabDu'Daj.
If a Klingon WANTED TO, she could describe a terran's bloodshot
eyes this way:
qabDu'Daj terangan 'Iw nguvbogh.
Of course, this opens up a whole other can of qagh!
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