tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 03 14:01:34 1999
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Re: museum
Quvar muHwI' wrote:
: But what would Klingons call a museum???
: {Dochmey tIQ 'aghbogh qach} is a bit too long, and actually just a
: discription for "museum", perhabs an answer to {museum 'oH nuq'e'?}. By
: the way, there are not only old things being shown in a museum. (in this
: one, yes.)
: To translate somethng like this, we need to get to the roots of the
: word: A museum is a building used for storing and exhibiting objects of
: historical, scientific, or cultural interest. The word comes from latin
: and originates in greek "mouseion", which means "seat of the Muses".
: wejpuH: What's a Muse?? Well, in greek and roman mythology, they are
: nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who inspire poetry,
: music, drama, etc.
I agree that the Klngons wouldn't care about the ancient Terran Muses.
What is
this building called (and what is the derivation thereof) in those Earth
languages that have *not* borrowed/adapted the Greek/European word "museum"?
E.g. Arabic? Japanese? Chinese? Hindi? Navajo? etc.
In the meantime, how about *{bey' qach} or *{bey'qach}?
>From KCD/KGT we have the noun {bey'}, a ceremonial display or exhibit. We
know
of the {betleH bey'} "bat'leth Display", the {nuH bey'} "Pride of Weapons (a
ceremonial display of weapons)" and the {quv bey'} "Honor Display" - all of
which can be seen in Torghn's house in KCD.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons