tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 17 08:28:11 2003
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Re: word for hurricane
- From: Russ Perry Jr <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: word for hurricane
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:27:33 -0500
"Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 17.09.2003 04:16:42, schrieb Tom West <[email protected]>:
>> Do we have a word in Klingon for hurricane?
> "wind" {SuS}
> "strong wind" {SuS'a'}
> verbs:
> {jev} "to storm"
I know we can't assume that there's a noun for every verb, but if there
were, I suspect *{jev'a'} would be close.
> Although grammatically correct, the following is not canon, just ideas:
> {jevwI'} "thunderstorm" ?!
If that worked, then perhaps ?{jevwI''a'}?
> {SuS'a'na'} "really strong wind" = "hurricane" ??
I had considered something with wind first, but I suspect storm is better
as more comprehensive. But who knows what the Klingons think...
> qov vuvbe' SuS
> The wind does not respect a fool!
For all we know the word/phrase for hurricane may translate literally to
"The wind that sweeps away 10,000 fools"... :-)
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