tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 12 20:24:53 1997
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Re: Hi, and is there a word for...
|-- [ From: Don or Carey or Rich * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
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|Greetings. I'm only just beginning to learn tlhIngan Hol, so I'll post my
|question in English: is there a tlhIngan Hol word for trekker/trekkie?
Yes and no. Although Marc Okrand has used {Hov leng} for "Star Trek," he
hasn't supplied us with a term for "Trekker." Several have been proposed by
others for "fan." The ones that seem to be used most often are:
*Ho'wI' literally an "admirer"
*ngaqwI' lit. a "supporter". The Klingon Language Institute has used
{Hov leng ngaqwI'pu'} for "Star Trek fans" in a couple of
its documents.
*ngotlhwI' lit. a "fanatic" (which is, I believe, the origin of the
English term "fan")
You can choose the one that best describes the level of your interest,
-- Voragh