tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 16 16:05:45 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: veng wa'DIch (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, April 16, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: veng wa'DIch
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: First City
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 16.
Thus, the region containing the First City is simply called {veng wa'DIch
Sep} ("First City region") and {voSpegh Sep} ("Vospeg region", southwest
of the First City--to use directional terms familiar to speakers of
Federation Standard) ... the large {Sa'Qej Sep} ("Sakrej region"), several
thousand kilometers east of the First City... Sometimes, however, the
meaning of a place name is clear, such as... {veng wa'DIch} (First City).
(KGT 16f)
In some of the larger cities on Kronos, particularly the capital First City
({veng wa'DIch}), there are pockets of immigrants from these other planets
who maintain their languages and customs but do so pretty much out of the
hearing of the majority population. (KGT 10)
The current standard way of speaking, the {ta' Hol}, is the variety of
Klingon associated with the First City on Kronos, and this is the form
of the language taught to most non-Klingons, as if there were no other
way to speak. This is not at all surprising, since most visitors to the
Empire restrict their stay to this one city and have very little knowledge
of other parts of the Empire. In the past, this was due to travel
restrictions imposed by the Klingon government, though now, perhaps
because residents of the First City have become accustomed to dealing with
tourists and their habits, visitors simply tend to feel somewhat more
comfortable there than they do elsewhere and they avoid wandering too
far away. (KGT 15)
Because the dialect of the First City is the standard dialect, the {ta'
Hol},
it is both customary and convenient to compare other dialects to it rather
than to each other. This practice is retained in the discussions below.
(KGT 18)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons