tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 07 07:34:32 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jaw
- From: André Müller <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jaw
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:34:22 +0100
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<p dir="ltr">It just occurred to me that "jaw" might be another pun, or a nice coincidence.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In Thai and several other Tai-Kadai languages such as Shan, the word for lord is indeed "jao", pronounced just like the Klingon word (well, almost): <เจ้า> [tɕâːw] vs. <jaw> [dʒɑw].<br>
The beginning consonant in Thai sounds pretty similar to the Klingon {j}, although it's voiceless.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I wonder if it was intentional (as with <lung> being identical in pronunciation to the Mandarin Chinese word for dragon), or if it's a coincidence...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Greetings from {bangqoq} (or rather: {qungtep maHa'naqon}),<br>
- André</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 7, 2015 10:02 PM, "qurgh lungqIj" <<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 07, 2015<br>
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Klingon word: jaw<br>
Part of speech: noun<br>
Definition: lord<br>
Source: TKD (90 KE, 123 EK)<br>
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This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>).<br>
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