tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 28 14:46:47 2003
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Re: KLBC love
DloraH wrote:
> > In different languages, there are often words that exist in one
> > that don't exist in another.
> >
> > Given the Klingon propensity to drink and toast, one might conclude that
> > there must be a noun for "drink" or "beverage." But there isn't. We have
> > been told (in KLINGON FOR THE GALACTIC TRAVELER) that there is no such
> word.
> > (There IS a word for "alcohol", /HIq/, but if you're talking about a
> > non-alcoholic beverage you have to name the beverage.)
>
>KGT p83:
>"The term for food of any kind (including beverages) is Soj."
KGT, p.94:
There is no known noun referring to drinks in general (though, as
noted above, beverages are considered a type of {Soj} ["food"]).
Any alcoholic beverage is called {HIq}. Federation Standard makes
a distinction between the various forms of liquor; Klingon does not.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons