tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 29 10:07:13 1999
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Re: qul tuq
- From: Barbara Joslyn <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: qul tuq
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 13:06:31 -0500
> Okrand's gloss in the Klingon for the Galactic Traveller glossary:
>
> tuq tribe, house, ancestral unit (n)
>
> (BTW, this is what John Ford call a "line" in The Final Reflection.)
>
> ...followed by Okrand's explanation (p.34) that {tuq} is
>
> "an ancestral grouping now usually translated as house"
>
[snip]
>
> OTOH {juH} "home, house" is the physical structure or building {qach} in
> which one dwells:
>
> naDev juHlIjDaq cha'logh jISopneSchugh vaj jIquv.
> It would be an honor to eat twice here at your house, your Honor.
PK
>
> {qach} is sometimes generally translated as a "house":
>
> meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH
> Only a fool fights in a burning house. TKW
>
> T'Lod is right in that there are still some vocabulary items whose exact
> meaning elude us. {tuq} isn't one of them.
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
lughqu' voragh. rapbe' <<juHlIj 'oH juHwIj>> ("mi casa es su casa")
<<qullIj 'oH qulwIj>> ("mi familia es su familia") je.
quljIb