tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 20 08:41:21 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: chaj (n)
De'vID wrote:
: > Klingon word: chaj
: > KGT. Close female friend of a female.
:
: Does anyone feel a pun behind this? It sounds like one, but I
: can't put my finger on it...
I don't doubt it, but I admit I can't figure one out either. Is there a
connection with the possessive suffix {-chaj} "their"? Who knows.
: The male version sounds like a pun, too: /maqoch/. "coach", or
: "my coach", perhaps?
I don't know about that, but I think there is definitely a connection
between {maqoch} "buddy, pal" (JGT) and {qoch} "partner" (TKD). Think of
those westerns where characters drawl "Howdy, pardner!"
Considering Okrand's devious sense of humor, I now assume there's a pun or
a play on words behind almost all post-TKD vocabulary. Keep in mind,
though, that the joke may be *very* private and, as such, we will never
know them all. (E.g. Okrand confirmed at qep'a' wejDIch that he had a
neighbor {jIl} named - you guessed it - "Jill"!)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons