tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 12 21:20:47 1999
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Re: Klingon "kanji" (was: Re: Vowels)
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon "kanji" (was: Re: Vowels)
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:26:54 -0400
Interesting. And how would these relate to the written symbols?
SuStel
Stardate 99614.1
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To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:50 PM
Subject: Klingon "kanji" (was: Re: Vowels)
>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
>