tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 01 05:53:15 1995
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Re: -ghach
- From: Tim Browne <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -ghach
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 23:40:39 -0800 (PST)
- In-Reply-To: <9511301700.AA16461@acsweb>
On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Christian Matzke wrote:
> As I see it, overuse of -ghach has marked this suffix as a cheap trick.
> This is too bad, because when I saw {matlhtaHghachwIj} (from DS9 issue 30)
> for instance, my first thought was that this was a lame attempt to
> make up for our lack of a noun meaning loyalty, not that perhaps it
> was the continuous nature of his layalty that the Klingon in question
> was refering to.
Here's an idea. As seen in the Klingon Dictionary, we have Qap --> to
succeed, Qapla' --> success. So, how about matlh --> to be loyal,
matlhla' --> loyalty? Any takers? L8r.
"Oh, and Mista Wofe... kuhplaw!" - Picard speaking "Klingon", Sins of the
Father.