tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 01 12:04:06 1996
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Re: Big Enterprise
On Mon, 1 Jul 1996 [email protected] wrote:
> Personally, I do not know what the Klingon word for Enterprise is. My point
> here is: Why can't a Klingon word end in the syllable -'a' as part of the
> word, not a suffix at all?
>
> peHruS
>
DIp mojaq 'oH {-'a'}'e'.
Isn't {-'a'} a type 1 noun suffix meaning "big"? Therefore, isn't
{enterpray'a'} "big Enterprise", as opposed the {enterpray} meaning just
Enterprise? Perhaps the Klingons first called Kirk's Enterprise
{enterpray}, then when they saw Picard's they called it {enterpray'a'}
meaning "Big Enterprise"? Just speculating, that's all. {jIloy}
dave yeung