tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 31 21:53:02 2001
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Re: onomatopeia
Many Klingon words are onomatopeia. Here are some:
Hagh
HIq
'argh
yIH
'uH
paw' (and compare to /paw/)
ghup
SuS
'aw'
ghIH
yay
yay'
bom
There are definitely others.
Then there are those words that are onomatopeia as a joke. Klingons
wouldn't consider them onomatopeia. Some that I can think of:
'Iw
'IH
'oy'
/Hagh/ is "laugh," which should do the trick. Are you saying you only want
a noun? There is no known noun in Klingon for "laughter." Can't a verb do
the job?
SuStel
Stardate 1834.8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Healy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:49 PM
Subject: onomatopeia
> Do we know of any Klingon onomatopeia? I'm specifically looking for
> laughter (althoug other examples would be interesting, as well). Would I
> just have to use {Hagh}?