tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 28 09:04:43 1999
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RE: nuq Qub latlhpu'? (KLBC)
- From: Carleton Copeland <copeland@eycis.com>
- Subject: RE: nuq Qub latlhpu'? (KLBC)
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 20:05:02 +-400
QInlIjmo choquvmoHpu', pagh! qajang:
>I don't think <magh> works here. I understood it perfectly, but only because
>I speak English. I doubt a Klingon would understand how <chab>, <Dargh>, and
><HIq> can "betray" agriculture.
mu'ghom vIgherbogh, citing MSN (whatever that is), claims that <magh> can also mean "to indicate, reveal". lI'qu' mu'ghomvam 'ach vIvoqHa'.
>chab, Dargh, HIq je lIngba' Satlh
Don't tell me there's another suffix missing from my chart! chay' <-ba'> mojaq lo'lu'? nuq 'oH SeghDaj'e'?
><HIq> is questionable. We don't know for certain that any Klingon <HIq> is
>produced from vegetable matter. We can surmise that <pubtaHbogh ghargh HIq>
>and <'Iw HIq> are both produced from animal matter, but I won't hazard a
>guess about the rest.
I've heard of fermented mare's milk (kumiss). Could 'Iw HIq actually be made from fermented blood? Is this even possible?
>nuq 'oS <yeq>'e'? <yer> Dalo' 'e' DaHech, qar'a'?
<Domain, holdings, territory> vIjatlh 'e' vIHech. <yeq> ghItlhHa'law' mu'ghomwIj.
>chay' beQ? HuDmey Hutlh'a'?
There seem to be two schools of thought on this. One (apparently originating with Ford) holds that the Homeworld shows *relatively* little variation in climate, season and terrain. This would fit with the early political and cultural unity that we seem to find on Qo'noS. In fact, I can't see how else Kahless could have created a /yuQ wo'/, especially if the planet, as many seem to think, is rather larger than Earth. The other school seems to feel that a dramatic and violent history needs an equally dramatic and violent planet for its theater. In this case we can expect a much greater ethnic, cultural, religious, and linguistic variety, with whole civilizations and continents perhaps remaining aloof from the warrior ideals established by Kahless.
qa'ral