tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 29 09:58:41 1999
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RE: Star Trek terms in Klingon
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Star Trek terms in Klingon
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:59:20 -0700
jatlh Tom West:
> Bajor-bejor Bajoran-bejor'ngan
>
> Would these be the correct translations and
> transliterations into Klingon
jatlh C.J. Qel:
> well, all i can say is that bajoran is probably right
> since terran is terra'ngan , terra= ngan meaning a people
Actually, "Terran" is <tera'ngan> - one <r>. The reason it is <tera'ngan> is
that the Klingon name for "Earth" is <tera'> - with a last letter of <'>. In
Klingon, the <'> is a full fledged letter, just like <t> or <Q> or <tlh>.
The name for an inhabitant of Earth is <tera'> plus <ngan>, so it has a <'>.
<beyjor> does not have a <'>, so the word for "Bajoran", which is just
<beyjor> plus <ngan>, does not have a <'>.
pagh
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