tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 10 09:06:06 1999
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Re: another new-to-the-list person's question
nikolai wrote:
: i ask because i've been considering getting a runic kind of
: tattoo, and it strikes me that a thlingan phrase would look just right. and
: i'd hate to get it done and then find out that it didn't actually make any
: sense.
: [snip]
: the phrase i've selected is, however, something no Klingon would ever say, or
: even think:
: "I am the dedicated slave of (so-and-so)".
: after some suggestions from the alt.startrek.klingon newsgroup, i believe this
: rather unlikely phrase would be:
: (so-and-so) toy'wI''a' matlh jIH
: does this sound right?
As long as you're happy with the implications - this is the infamous klingonaase insult *tokhe straav'* (willing slave) after all - it sounds fine to me. You could also say:
(so-and-so) toy'wI''a'na' jIH
{-na'} "definite, definitely, true, no doubt, real" is a useful noun suffix. Canonical examples include:
DevwI'na'
a true leader PK
qorDu' lurDechmeyna'
strong family traditions S13
chuqna'
effective range S14
toQDujna' rurchu'
It [the BoP ornament] looks so REAL! (Hallmark commercial)
tIqDaq HoSna' tu'lu'
Real power is in the heart. TKW
Personally, I would tone it down to {toy'wI'na'} which sounds, phonetically at least, better to my ears.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons