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Re: Klingon WOTD: Sorya' (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 


> > This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, October 24, 2003.
> >
> > Klingon word:      Sorya'
> > Part of Speech:    noun
> > Definition:        Sauria
> > Additional Notes:  KGT. A person?

Tyler:
>No, a planet.

Although Okrand never says so, we assume - with most of Trek fandom - that 
Sauria is a planet.  Cf. the famous {Sorya' HIq} "Saurian brandy", modeled 
apparently on {romuluS HIq}:

    Thus, the word {HIq} is translated in various ways in names of
    different drinks, particularly, though not exclusively, those of
    non-Klingon origin: {romuluS HIq} (Romulan ale), {'Iw HIq}
    (bloodwine), {Sorya' HIq} (Saurian brandy).  {KGT 94-95]

Cf. also Okrand's discussion on planetary names (which doesn't mention 
{Sorya'} per se):

    Occasionally, and no doubt owing to influence from Federation
    Standard, from which names, as noted, are often taken, an extra
    syllable, {-ya'-}, comes between the planet name and {ngan}. Thus,
    "Denebian"--that is, an inhabitant of one of the Deneb planets--
    is both {DenIbngan} and {DenIbya'ngan}. The planet name itself is
    also heard in two forms: {DenIb} (formed from the name Deneb) and
    {DenIbya'} (formed by dropping the {ngan} from {DenIbya'ngan}).
    The syllable {ya'} seems to be used as if it were a suffix meaning
    "place name". Thus, Ligon has sometimes been called {lIghonya'} in
    addition to {lIghon}, Organia is both {'orghenya'} and {'orghen},
    and Cardassia is both {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'}. The {-ya'} cannot
    be added to all planet names, however.  [KGT 141-42]

OTOH I would imagine that {Sorya'} isn't shortened to *{Sor}, for that 
means "tree" in Klingon which might be confusing.  E.g. *{Sor HIq} "tree 
liquor, wood alcohol"?



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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