tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 05 14:15:45 1997
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Re: name question
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>Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 19:55:29 -0800
>From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
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>Caryn Law writes
>>
>> I've been thinking of a Klingon name for myself...my middle name is
>> Faith, which I've always liked and I thought I'd like a variation on it.
>> I thought of vIvoqlu' (I guess the literal translation is, someone has
>> faith in me). Is that an accurate translation, and can anyone think of
>> any conflicts that would raise? Thanks. :)
>>
>> -- Caryn
>
>Greetings Caryn, and welcome.
>
>This is kind of a subjective statement, but *vIvoqlu' * just doesn't sound
>like a name to me. It is more of a statement. If you want to stick with
>the concept of "faith", I would suggest *voqlu'wI' *, "One who is trusted."
> Does anyone see a problem with that?
Well, yes: I don't like -lu' and -wI' together, as explained elsewhere.
Also, what's with the fixation on names being nouns? There are languages
where names are full sentences (as here). Compare the example cited,
"Dances with Wolves" or various common nouns in Cherokee (old words for
"automobile" included "it goes on rubber coverings" and "it stares"
[reference to the headlights]; the name of the town of Nowata translates to
"water is all gone."). To be sure, Klingon isn't Cherokee, but neither is
it English. No need to fear non-nominal names. Compare Maltz' name, which
is "matlh": a verb, "to be loyal." And there's Kang (qeng), another verb.
I rather like the sound of "voq" as a name, but hey, it's a NAME, it
doesn't have to make sense, and it's up to the name-ee.
~mark
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