tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 12 09:29:06 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tetlh (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, September 12, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: tetlh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: roll, scroll, list
>Additional Notes: KGT.
Types of {tetlhmey} include {naD tetlh} "Commendation List" (KGT), {Soj
tetlh} "grocery list" (st.k) and {'ay'mey tetlh} "technical callouts" (i.e.
a "parts list" [BoP]).
{tetlh} discussed by Okrand:
Thus, one would usually say {naD tetlh gher} "he/she compiles
the Commendation List" or "he/she writes the Commendation List."
(Maltz laughed at, but accepted, {Soj tetlh gher} for "he/she
writes the grocery list.") One would probably {gher}, rather
than {qon}, a suggested list of readings, a gazetteer, a simple
menu, or the instructions for assembling a toy (assuming the
latter is not really an exercise in creative writing).
[startrek.klingon)
... for the beginning of a list (of names or words, for example,
whether spoken out loud or written on a scroll), one would say
simply {pong wa'DIch} "first name" or {mu' wa'DIch} "first word."
For the end, one could say {pong HochDIch} "last name" or {mu'
HochDIch} "last word", but one could also use a special term for
the end of the list, {natlIS}. [HQ 12.2:9]
... in the ceremony to induct new members into the Order of the
Bat'leth ({betleH 'obe'}), the highest honor that the government
bestows on a Klingon, the presiding official, usually the leader
of the Klingon High Council, first reads a name from the {naD
tetlh} ("Commendation List"), always calling out the inductee's
name in the most formal way (given name plus father's name, such
as {tI'vIS barot puqloD} ["T'vis, son of Barot"]). [KGT 182]
Specialized lists include {HIDjolev} "menu" and {mem} "catalog"; cf. also
the nouns {ghItlh} "manuscript" and {paq} "book".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons