tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 12 10:50:30 1999
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Klingon "kanji" (was: Re: Vowels)
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- Subject: Klingon "kanji" (was: Re: Vowels)
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:49:34 EDT
ghItlh marq :-)
> But it doesn't have to be a syllabary. It could be more along the lines of
> "logograms", say a glyph for each word (probably two for things like the
> two meanings of Hurgh) plus one for each of the suffixes...
Thus, a short list of "basic Klingon kanji (logograms)" might look something
like this:
The Elements:
wood--Sor (see also "tree")
water--bIQ
derived meaning: "weakness,be weak"--puj;
"coward"--nuch;
"affraid" <-vIp>
fire/flame--qul
derived words: "hot, be hot"--tuj;
"red/orange"--Doq
"burn"--meQ
"dark/grey"--Hurgh ("burned-wood-colour")
metal--baS
stone--nagh
derived meaning: "ceramic" (lit. "stoneware")
derived word: "hard"--let