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Re: Klingon WOTD: tetlh (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 


>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, September 12, 2003.
>
>Klingon word:     tetlh
>Part of Speech:   noun
>Definition:       roll, scroll, list
>Additional Notes: KGT.

Types of {tetlhmey} include {naD tetlh} "Commendation List" (KGT), {Soj 
tetlh} "grocery list" (st.k) and {'ay'mey tetlh} "technical callouts" (i.e. 
a "parts list" [BoP]).

{tetlh} discussed by Okrand:

   Thus, one would usually say {naD tetlh gher} "he/she compiles
   the Commendation List" or "he/she writes the Commendation List."
   (Maltz laughed at, but accepted, {Soj tetlh gher} for "he/she
   writes the grocery list.") One would probably {gher}, rather
   than {qon}, a suggested list of readings, a gazetteer, a simple
   menu, or the instructions for assembling a toy (assuming the
   latter is not really an exercise in creative writing).
   [startrek.klingon)

   ... for the beginning of a list (of names or words, for example,
   whether spoken out loud or written on a scroll), one would say
   simply {pong wa'DIch} "first name" or {mu' wa'DIch} "first word."
   For the end, one could say {pong HochDIch} "last name" or {mu'
   HochDIch} "last word", but one could also use a special term for
   the end of the list, {natlIS}.  [HQ 12.2:9]

   ... in the ceremony to induct new members into the Order of the
   Bat'leth ({betleH 'obe'}), the highest honor that the government
   bestows on a Klingon, the presiding official, usually the leader
   of the Klingon High Council, first reads a name from the {naD
   tetlh} ("Commendation List"), always calling out the inductee's
   name in the most formal way (given name plus father's name, such
   as {tI'vIS barot puqloD} ["T'vis, son of Barot"]). [KGT 182]

Specialized lists include {HIDjolev} "menu" and {mem} "catalog"; cf. also 
the nouns {ghItlh} "manuscript" and {paq} "book".



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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