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Re: -ngan Suffix

• From: Tad Stauffer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: -ngan Suffix
• Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 05:41:41 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

At 04:52 AM 10/31/2002 -0500, Thomas West wrote:
>
>Well, in English for example we call our planet Earth, but most of us 
>would identify our species as human or mankind rather than Earthling, 
>Earthers, or Terrans. But for example in Spanish la Tierra, terrícolas, 
>and in French, la Terre, les Terriens.

According to my English dictionary, the English word "human" may be related 
to the Latin word "humus" - earth.

I believe in one of the early issues of HolQeD, someone mentioned the 
etymological origin of the word {tlhIngan}, theorizing that it could have 
come from {tlhIl ngan}. You could probably translate this as 
"earth/rock/soil inhabitant" or maybe even "earthling". I think this theory 
is no more silly than a planet or city named "Kling" :-)

- taD

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