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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ampaS (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ampaS (n)
• Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:15:23 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, August 13, 2003.
>
>Klingon word:   'ampaS
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     academy
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 4:4, p. 11.  Also in KGT.  A specialized school.

Okrand describes it in HQ 4.4:

   The most general word for "school" (a place for learning) is {DuSaQ}.
   A specialized school, perhaps translatable as "academy", is {'ampaS}.
   An organization dedicated to scholastic pursuits or research is a
   {yejHaD} "institute" or "institution" or a {yej'an} "society". The
   distinction between {yejHaD} and {yej'an} is not clear, though the
   former is usually--but not always--used for larger organizations.

Also, many of us on the List use *{DuSaQ'a'} for "university".

And for those who enjoy them, note the pun in {'ampaS}.  (Hint:  It's an 
abbreviation very familiar to Paramount employees!)



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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