tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 06 14:10:42 2000
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
RE: KLBC
- From: Eric Andeen <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:10:16 -0700
jatlh malqa:
> My friend wants to write a story with the title of 'blood fever'
> but she wants the title to be written in tlhIngan Hol. I know the
> word for blood is 'Iw , but there appears to be no word for
> 'fever'. There is a word for ill/ sick which is 'rop' I believe
> but I'm don't have TKD in front of me now , so I can't be sure.
> My friend came up with the word tuj,which I believe is 'heat'.
> I"m not sure even how these two words meaning 'blood fever'
> would be put together. Help please as I don't want to tell her
> the incorrect thing.
Fever is an increase in the body temerature in response to infection. It is
one of the body's most powerful defenses. Klingon doesn't have a word for
it, so you'll have to come up with an alternative. You can describe it:
<porgh ngejlu'DI', rop HoHmeH tujchoH>. Unfortunately, this doesn't make for
a good title. My two suggestions would be: <'Iw rop> - "blood sickness" or
<'Iw tuj> - "hot blood".
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian