tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 07 16:20:01 1999
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Re: pongwIj
> jatlh Regina:
> >I would like to translate my name in Klingon. Would "reghIna'" be
> >allright?
>
> You can be called anything you want.
>
> chup charghwI':
> >If you were looking for a closer transliteration, at least for
> >the way I've heard "Regina" pronounced, it would be more like:
> >rejIyna
> >This could be altered a number of ways with glottal stops:
> >re'jIyna'
> >rejIy'na
> >Perhaps in German, the "g" is as in "go" and not as in "gee", so
> >it would be more accurate as:
> >reghIyna'
> >reghIy'na
>
> Assuming you're pronouncing it the English way (how I've heard it
> pronounced), I suggest {rejIy'na}. This would have the advantage of putting
> the stress on the correct syllable, qar'a'?
>
> jatlh Voragh:
> >Regina is of course Latin for "queen". We don't know the word for this in
> >Klingon, but we do have {ta'} and {voDleH}, both meaning "emperor" (we're
> >not sure of the difference). It's possible that these also mean "empress",
> >like the other gender-neutral title {joH} "Lord, Lady" not to mention the
> >military ranks.
>
> Not to mention {ghaH} and the verb prefixes.
>
> >The KLI-sponsored Klingon Shakespeare Restoration Project (KSRP) has
> >used *{ta'be'} for "queen" (in Hamlet?). To me, this sounds more like the
> >"emperor's woman" and could also mean one of his consorts or wives, not
> >necessarily a reigning queen or empress.
>
> jIQochbe'. pongvam lo'be' Regina 'e' vIqeS. 'ach wIvDaj 'oHbej.
>
vaj, "tlhIngan" pong vIneH, 'ej "reghIyna'" vIparHa'chu', vaj reghIyna'
'oH pong chu'wIj'e', 'ej DaH reH tlhIngan jabbI'ID vIqonchugh, pongwIj
"klingon version" vIlo'.
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