tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 07 11:03:39 1998
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Re: KLBC: House things naming
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC: House things naming
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 14:03:26 EDT
In a message dated 98-06-07 09:43:05 EDT, Edy writes:
<< microwave - yu'eghHom
kitchen range - vutmeH mIqta'
Dish washer - ngop Say'moHwI'
waste-pipe - nIjwI'
faucets - bIQ raQwI'
music stand - QoQ QamwI'
pipe - bIQ qengwI'
Door handle - lojmIt raQwI'
bookcase - paq QamwI'
wardrobe - SutDaq
Hand basin - ghop Say'Daq
closet bowl - quS'a' (slang) :-)
>>
Edy, beware! None of my comments which follow are from canon sources. They
are some of my own ideas, just as your Klingon language words for things
around your house. Here goes:
microwave - This is a problem. yu'eghHom may stand for the microwave itself
but does not include the concept of a microwave oven (device, piece of
machinery). So, I'll try yu'eghHom lo'bogh vutmeH jan. Long?
kitchen range - vutmeH jan. I just get a better feeling for {jan} than for
{mIqta'}. Source: botjan.
waste pipe - I had to laugh lightly at "leaker" (nIjwI'). Perhaps your waste
pipe really does leak. I'll suggest veQ qengwI'.
music stand - QamwI' is a problem for me. A person might be "one who stands."
'uchwI' is kind of ugly, too. laDmoHlaHwI' is rather unwieldy. I'm going to
pass on this one.
pipe - I like bIQ qengwI'. I have used bIQ Qay'wI'. My canon source for the
feelings I get for this one is TKD's Hergh Qay'wI'.
music stand - same problem as above.
closet bowl - simple. puch! The puchpa' is a room containing a puch.
peHruS