tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 05 20:05:02 1995
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Re: synonims
On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, David Barron wrote:
> Just something interesting regarding Klingon synonyms.
> taQ = be weird
> Huj = be strange
>
> Is there a difference?
To me, "wierd" suggests something extraordinarily strange or odd and can
often suggest something mysterious or supernatural. But I haven't seen a
canon use of the word in a sentence, and unfortunately, we don't have
a precise definition of what the word suggests to a Klingon.
> If you mention any other Klingon synonyms post them.
Well, there are several examples where we have two different words for
the same thing:
quv & batlh
SuvwI' & vaj
la' & ra'wI'
nuv & ghot
bIt & jotHa'
yuQjIjDIvI' & yuQjIjQa'
ta' & voDleH
Duy & 'oSwI'
jonta' & QuQ
yeq & jIj
yIj & rIp
yaS & 'utlh
And some words seem to have varient pronunciation:
HIja' & HISlaH
Su' & SuH
jaw & joH
'a & 'ach
lu' & luq
'orghen & 'orghenya'
DenIb & DenIbya'
And sometimes we just don't know the correct spelling of a word:
mojaq & mojaQ
betleH & batleH (from the Skybox trading card S8)
At the qep'a', wIghbe' was working on a comprehensive Klingon thesaurus
and passed out copies of her draft to some of the grammarians for their
editorial input. Does anyone know the progress of that work?
> david
yoDtargh