tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 16 05:31:10 1996
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God, holy
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: God, holy
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 13:29:58 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
K M Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:-
> These *are* springs - not shaft-wells ... What about "holy", though? I
> tried to come up with some kind of phrase like "important/significant to
> religion" but couldn't seem to find a word for "important". I bet Klingons
> have holy wells - ...
K M Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:-
> ... they have sacred sites which should not be replicated holographically,
> as we know ...
What story is this known from?
In a message dated 96-07-15 22:28:52 EDT, wov vIt wrote:
> {pongwIj 'oH wov vIt'e'} = "Light of Truth is my name.". My real name
> Michael means Light of God, God's Light, or God's Truth. This was the
> closest I could get to that meaning. ...
[email protected] replied:-
> {ponglIj vIparHa'bej) 'ach "Who is like unto G-d" mugh "Michael" qar'a'
For "God" try {qa'a'} = "Great Spirit" ({qa} = "spirit" is a Klingon word
that I saw somewhere.) If an Earth missionary started preaching among
Klingons, {ghoD} taken from English would be inappropriate as it already means
(verb) "stuff" & (noun) "prey"; he might try {De'uS} from Latin. The same
trouble occurred in translating Christian matter into Chinese, which has many
personal names for individual gods, but no old native word for "a god".
For "religion" try "God's business" = {qa'a' majla'}?