tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 02 01:49:42 1994

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Re: salutations!!!!



Michaelvo':

> Hi! I hope I'm not going to annoy anyone by asking a rather simplistic
> question... I am very much a beginner.

We were all beginners at some point, and some of us pay particular 
attention to the needs of beginners!

> Is there a word for 'eclipse' in the Klingon lang.? Someone asked me, and
> I couldn't locate it in my TKD, I tried coming up with something like

No, no word for eclipse (as far as I can tell).  You could pursue 
something with "shadow," as you suggest: {maSDaq QIb} or some such.  I 
caution, though, that just because a coinage makes sense to your ears, 
doesn't mean that other speakers of tlhIngan Hol will be able to 
figure out your intention.  For example, I doubt I'd have figured out 
charghwI''s "smile" {nuj Quch} if I didn't have a translation 
available!

> Any help appreciated greatly!
> 
> Michael (who's nickname is 'Scanner' but forgot what that is in Klingoneze as
> well and forgot his TDK at home...  :)   )

I don't know what it'd be in *Klingoneze*, as I'm not even sure what 
that is, but in tlhIngan Hol, it'd be {HotlhwI'}.

--Holtej, the Beginner's Grammarian



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