tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 08 19:58:48 1996
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Re: KLBC: Questions on word translation
On Sun, 7 Jul 1996 [email protected] wrote:
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> Greetings,
>
> I was questioning myself which is the correct term for these words
>
> Surname (Family name) qorDu'
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I believe the word you're looking for is {tuq}.
> Can I use this term that means family as House or Clan name?
>
>
> Nationality rewbe' (citizen)
>
> I can't find an appropriate term in the Klingon Dictionary for nationality,
> the most similar term that I found is citizen, but how can I say citizenship
> in Klingon?
>
How did the Klingon Shakespeare Restoration Project translate the phrase
"the undiscovered COUNTRY"? Anyone?
>
> Date of Birth qoS (Birthday)
>
> But it has the same meaning, or litteraly I must use jaj for day, but I
> didn't find any equivalent term for birth (there is one?)
>
Try {bogh}.
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> Place of Birth Daq-???
>
> Not having found a term for birth I can't come up with a word to use
> together with Daq (place) Any ideas?
>
How about {nuqDaq bogh}?
> Date of issue jajtagh
>
> Can I use tagh meaning "begining of a process" and day at the place of date?
>
I would use {ghorgh tagh}.
>
> Date of expiry jajta'
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> And ta' in place of expiry? Have any other suggestions?
>
How about {ghorgh rIn}?
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> Residence juH
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> I think that home can be used to mean residence.
>
> sex
>
> i didn't found any Klingon word in the Klingon Dictionary indicating the sex
> of person or animals. Is there any?
>
You can get by with {loD be' ghap}, but there must be a better way.
> Height
>
> I can' find the correct way to say Height, the only two words that are verbs
> that in my humble opinion suit better are tIn (to be big) and jen (to be
> tall) but how do you make them nouns? This point puzzle me.
>
>
You don't. Klingon, unlike English, is verb-centred. You can use
{-ghach} but that's considered to be ugly.
> color of eyes
>
> Ok, mIn means eye, but I didn't find any word for color. Without starting a
> big discussion on what color means for Klingons already discussed in this
> list, it's possible that Klingons have all the same eye color? There is no
> word (at least I didn't found it) for color in Klingon. Hints?
>
>
Can't help you with that one.
> Thanks to anyone that can give suggestions, they are welcome!
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> Andrea
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dave yeung
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