tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 22 13:50:50 1999
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Re: KLBC : revised bang bom mu'
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC : revised bang bom mu'
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:50:42 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:35:38 -0800 (PST) Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> FYI, we do know of the noun {parmaq} *par'Mach* "love, romance" which
> refers in general to the human emotion, and the nouns {bang} "love, lover"
> and {parmaqqay} *par'Machkai* "romantic companion, romantic partner" which
> refer to the person being loved. We're not yet certain how *par'Mach* is
> used in Klingon though.
I strongly suspect it's typical use is something like:
torgh: DaHjaj maSuvDI', Dachlaw' Qanqor. ghaHvaD qay' nuq?
Qugh: parmaq.
torgh: toH! lot! latlh SuvwI'na' wISuqHa'!
It's just a theory, however. It is a noun and not an
exclammatory, but I do suspect it often stands alone.
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
charghwI' 'utlh