tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 21 07:19:04 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Sa'Qej Sep
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, August 21, 2014
>
> Klingon word: Sa'Qej Sep
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: Sakrej region
KGT 17: Other regions have names that are distinct from the names of any districts or cities within them, such as the large {Sa'Qej Sep} (Sakrej region), several thousand kilometers east of the First City. The origins of most Klingon place names are not known, having been lost to history. Sometimes, however, the meaning of a place name is clear, such as the Sakrej region's {HuD beQ yoS} (Flat Mountain district)
KGT 24ff. Another interesting grammatical difference is found in the way prepositional concepts (above, below, and so on) are expressed in the speech typical of the Sakrej ({Sa'Qej}) region. In the Sakrej region, however, possessive suffixes are used in place of the independent pronouns: {'emwIj} (behind me--literally, 'my area behind'), {bIngchaj} (below them--literally, 'their area below'). Using the possessive suffix construction when speaking {ta' Hol} will not lead to misunderstandings, but it will associate the speaker with the residents of Sakrej, which, depending on the political situation, may or may not be beneficial. [...] In a divergence from the majority of Klingon dialects, the speakers of Sakrej and No'hvadut ({noHva'Dut}) do not follow this pattern. In these dialects, there is no reforming of the sentences for toasts; the subject always follows the verb.
PUN:
*{jeQ'aS} (jackass) backwards!
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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