tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 05 09:03:05 2003
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RE: Sun?
> > this may sound stupid, but what about Hov'a' (that is, if the
> > augmentative can be used according to importance and not just size),
> > since it would be the biggest, brightest one visible..?
>
> SuStel also mentioned {Hov'a'}, but just like my suggestion, it is not
canon.
> I believe SuStel's point is that the original post asked for a Klingon
> (canon) word for "sun", and there simply isn't one. And so the original
> poster must strike out on their own, and create a combination of existing
> canon elements to communicate the idea.
> But one must expect another to challenge the word, or to miss the idea of
> "sun" altogether, especially outside the context of the original post.
> qar'a'?
Even tho I, myself, have used Hov'a', I don't like it.
The problem I have with all these choices that contain /Hov/ (Hov'a',
pemHov) is that most(all) early civilizations don't think of the sun as a
type of star. It is only after they develop in science that they learn that
it is.
DloraH