tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 17 12:22:53 1997
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KLBC - language lab//immersion studies??
I am interested in the Language Lab and Immersion Studies referenced
below. Can you direct me to where I sign up/request/order them?
Y'jImbotlh-wa'maH of House l'maSto'r
NFML%[email protected] wrote:
>
> 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?