tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 17 10:45:19 1997
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KLBC:lopno'
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- Subject: KLBC:lopno'
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 13:44:43 -0500 (EST)
I was going to use lopno' in a sentence, but I decided that I am not sure I
really know what it means. The KCD:Language Lab gives the meaning as "party"
with no additional information and shows a group of Klingons gathered around
a table with food and cha'nob gifts. However, in the KCD:Immersion Studies
disc one of the guests says "The celebration was declared a lopno'. You have
invited all the spirits of our Klingon ancestors." The only example of a
lopno' that we have is the one on KCD held to celebrate a nentay and it is
full of references to family traditions and ancestry.
I think lopno' may have an emic significance of "celebration of ancestors"
and be a specific type of party held in conjunction with the nentay and
possibly with other rites of passage. I think it might not make sense to
talk about a Christmas lopno' or an informal dinner lopno'.
Do we have any additional information on this?