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`Kahless' book
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: `Kahless' book
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 08:11:10 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
Here is a list of Klingon words and names in a Star Trek scenario fiction
book called "Kahless" by Michael Jan Friedman, publ. 1996 by Pocket Books,
ISBN 0-671-54779-8. It alternates between (modern times on the Enterprise and
on Qo'noS in the time of the conspiracy against Gowron) and (ancient times
when the Klingons were pre-industrial and ruled by many warring kingdoms and
the original Kahless overthrew the tyrant Molor). I reproduce spellings and
case of letters and all apparent printers' errors (e.g. {l} for {I}) as they
are in the book. # = this seems to be a proper-name. The numbers are page
numbers in the book. The placenames are on Qo'noS unless stated otherwise. In
the story Klingons have patronymics, not surnames. (p232 and elsewhere says
that Klingon blood is lavender-coloured.)
Here, the 60000-bars-of-gold-pressed-latinum question is "do we accept all
this non-Okrand matter as canon?"; but after that:-
treehen = a species of bird <<<is an English word>>> 63
#DIS jajlo' = a cave 200, is stated to mean "dawn cave". But it is the wrong
way round! and actually means "cave dawn". Unless it is a fossilized ancient
form from when word order was freer and relationships between words was sorted
out by now-lost case endings.
d'k tahg = a sort of 3-bladed dagger 108 looks like {DuQtaj} = "stab knife":
this is a verb + noun compound. A better fit to the spelling would be {...taQ}
or the like, but I can't find a sensible meaning for that.
{Vorcha-doh-baghk!} 299 was said in ancient times, and seems to be stated to
mean "All hail!". I can't find any likely similar Okrand Klingon form; this
may mean that (M.J.Friedman imagined that) tlhIngan Hol has changed much
between Kahless's time and now; or it may mean that in the original Kahless's
time the people of Qa'yarin spoke some other language than tlhIngan Hol:
likely originally the peoples of Qo'noS spoke many widely different languages,
like on Earth. (Perhaps `Klingonaase' is one such old Qo'noSian language.)
The non-standard phonetics in {Kurn} as well as {Worf} may mean that the
Worf familyvame from an area of Qo'noS that spoke a non-standard dialect or
language, or at least had spoken a non-standard dialect or language recently
enough for a stock of traditional names with non-standard phonetics to survive
to Picard's time.
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#Adjur = a modern Klingon 215
#Anag = an ancient Klingon 294
#B'aaj = an island or continent on Qo'noS, or a planet 176
#Badich = an ancient Klingon 225 (a healer)
#Bogra = an ancient Klingon 184
#Boreth = a monastery 1
#Chu'paq Sea 34
#DIS jajlo' = a cave, stated to mean "dawn cave" 200
#Divok = a modern Klingon 5
#Donar'ruq = a city on #Ter'jas Mor 174
#Duras = a modern Klingon 163
#Edronh = an ancient Klingon 139
#Fek'lhr = guardian of Gre'thor
#Godar = a modern Klingon 190,216
#Gon'rai Rebellion 41 (modern times, may not be on Qo'noS)
#Gowron = a modern Klingon 41
#Gre'thor = hell
#Inagh = a modern Klingon 120 (father of Rajuc)
#Kahless 1
#Kanjis = an ancient Klingon 26 (father of Kahless)
#Kardem = a modern Klingon 160
#Kellein = an ancient Klingon (Vathraq's daughter) 81
#Kerpach = a modern Klingon 30 (shopkeeper)
#Kerret'raa = an island or continent on Qo'noS, or a planet 217
#Koroth = a modern Klingon 4
#Kri'stak = a volcano 11
#Kurn = a modern Klingon 119 (brother of Worf)
#Lomakh = a modern Klingon 41
#Lusor = a lake
#M'rel = a modern Klingon 59
#M'riiah = a village 43
#Majjas = a modern Klingon 171
#Mogh = a modern Klingon (father of Worf) 130
#Molor = an ancient Klingon: the tyrant 23
#Morath = an ancient Klingon 32 (brother of Kahless)
#Muar'tek Festival 29
#Muuda = a modern Klingon 216
#Najuk = a modern Klingon 216
#Navrath = a city near Tolar'tu 34,300
#Nin'taga star system 71
#Noj = a modern Klingon 216
#Ogat = a Klingon colony world 119
#Olahg = a modern Klingon 1
#Ona'ja'bur = some natural steam baths in a cavern 158
#Ondagh = an ancient Klingon 56,184
#Porus = an ancient Klingon 64
#Praxis = the moon of Qo'noS 155
#Qa'yarin = a place where Molor's fortress was 219
#Ra'jahn = a place on Kerret'raa 217
#Rajuc = a modern Klingon 120 (a schoolmaster)
#Rannuf = an ancient Klingon 195
#Restagh = a modern Klingon 215
#Shurin = an ancient Klingon 64
#Starad = an ancient Klingon 44 (son of Molor)
#Sto-Vo-Kor = Valhalla
#T'chariv = a village 86,194
#Ter'jas Mor = an island or continent on Qo'noS, or a planet 174
#Tichar = a modern Klingon 290
#Tolar'tu = a town 29
#Toragh = an ancient Klingon 235 (a smith)
#Uhq'ra Mountains 22
#Unagroth = a modern Klingon 34
#Unarrh = a modern Klingon 34
#Vathraq = an ancient Klingon (a lord, friendly to Kahless) 81
#Yatron = an ancient Klingon 208 (son of Molor)
abin'do = a sort of pipe (musical instrument) 29
bat'telhmey (pl.) 206,259
Bljeghbe'chugh vaj blHegh! 290, stated to mean "surrender or die!"
({bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh} = "If you don't surrender, then you die")
caw'va = a species of fruit like a melon 8
cob'lat = a big predatory animal? ("cob'lat's share" seems to mean "lion's
share" 140)
d'k tahg = a sort of 3-bladed dagger 108
darsekmey (pl.) = (probably) a sort of coin 229
DujIIj yIvog 73 = "trust your instincts" (book gives meaning) (= Okrand
{DujlIj yIvoq}) ({Duj} also = "spaceship")
en'chula = a species of red grass 128,187
gagh = a species of worm (= Okrand {qagh})
Jegh! 290 (stated to mean "surrender!" (short form)) (Okrand {jegh})
jinaq = a sort of amulet 133
ko'tal = (noun, some sort of person) (meaning unclear) 232
krad'dak = a sort of drum (musical instrument) 29
kraw'za = a species of black carrion-eating bird 43 (pl. kraw'zamey)
m'ressa = a sort of wood (= timber) 228
micayah = a species of tree 1
minn'hor = a species of domestic & wild animal like an ox, pulls the plough,
makes milk 43 (pl. minn'hormey)
mok'bara = a sort of clothes 187
p'tahk = an insult of contempt 32; (?a sort of animal 64?) (pl. p'tahkmey
110) (= Okrand {petaQ})
pherza = a species of stinging wasp 61,271 (makes wax 152)
qava = a sort of wood (= timber) 263
rach'tor = hunter? 298
s'tarahk = a species of riding animal 22 (pl. s'tarahkmey 24)
skannu = a sort of big black tree 256
targ = a species of animal 38 (Okrand {targh})
teqal'ya = a sort of wood (= timber) 220
thranx = a species of bush, flowers every 8th year 60
tor'rif = a sort of bread 81
tran'nuc = a sort of tree fruit 93
Vorcha-doh-baghk! (seems to be stated to mean "All hail!") 299
warnog = a sort of drink 230
Yap 290 (stated to mean "Enough") (= Okrand {yap})
yolok = a species of worm 94
mok'bara = a sort of fighting technique 284