tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 29 02:32:25 1995
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origin of the word {tlhIngan}
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: origin of the word {tlhIngan}
- Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 22:55:41 -0700
Khalic (Karl Dyson) wrote:
>Again, if someone would explain why tlhIngan is used to represent the
>klingon people who come from Qo'noS????
The origin of the word {tlhIngan} is obscure. Perhaps in Ancient Klingon
{tlhI} referred to "creation"? Then again, the somewhat similar {QI'} is
"military" so maybe {tlhIngan} used to mean a member of the armed forces.
Since Klingons consider themselves a warrior race, this makes sense.
On the gripping hand, we really don't have a large enough collection of
words to be able to be able to tear words apart and use the resulting pieces
by themselves. {tlhIngan} means a member of the humanoid race who apparently
originated on the planet they call {Qo'noS} -- and that's that.
-- ghunchu'wI'