tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 18 08:30:48 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Fans
The word you're thinking of is «vIlle'» - "minion".
http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=2009-07-27-email.txt&get=source
Apart from that, I think «Ho'wI'» ("admirer") works well. I've also sern «nongwI'» ("passionate one"), which I think makes sense for the most hard-core fans.
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Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Fans
What term would you use for a "fan," as in a groupie, cheerer, camp follower type of person?
Specifically, what would you use if you only had access to TKD and did not know of the canon noun that I can't remember - was it something like {vIl} - for a kind of person who is just there, like a walking traffic bollard or something?
I've made good use of the verb Ho' *admire* (v);
{Ho'wI'} *fan* (literally, "admirer")
{Ho'wI'pu'} *fans* ("admirers")
{Ho'wI'ghom} *fan club* ("gathering of admirers")
Any good? Because I can see the terms getting mileage from sentences such as
{DaH Ho'wI'pu' vIghaj'a'} *I have fans, now?*
{Ho'wI'ghom Doj Daghajbej} *You certainly have an impressive fan club.*
{chay' Ho'wI'ghom Suqpu' ghaH'e'} *How did /she/ acquire a fan club?*
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