tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 03 08:30:39 2000
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RE: KLBC -- Klingon word for "redemption" redux
- From: Carleton Copeland <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC -- Klingon word for "redemption" redux
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 19:30:50 +-300
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ja' Brian:
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> Okay, I need to be more specific, I think. I'm
> looking for the word (if it even exists) that
> describes what is accomplished when someone has
> "caused himself to again be honorable". I'd like
> something short enough to be used for the name of a
> Vor'cha class attack crusier.
I can't get any pithier than {quvqa'lu'}, which to me says something like
*Honor Regained* (literally, *one is again honored*). Alternatives might
be {maquvqa'} (taking the crew as subject) and {quvqa'ghach}.
BTW, for butting in on this KLBC thread, jItlhIj. jIqeSHa'chugh
muHoHnISlaw' pagh.
qa'ral