tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 18 10:59:30 2003
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Re: [tlhingan-hol] Re: tay naH
Ahh. I misremembered which example was used for describing the color
orange, probably colored (heh) by my mentally associating na'ran with naranja.
>>You'll find references to the na'ran in such things as using "na'ran rur"
>>to clarify a particular share of Doq (red/orange) which resembles the
>>fruit [....] Although we know its approximate color [...]
>
>Actually, we don't. AFAIK Okrand has never said what color a {na'ran} is,
>only that its juice is sweet.
>
>To clarify {Doq} he has written {Doq 'ej beqpuj rur} "(it) is {Doq} and
>resembles {beqpuj}" (an orange mineral [KGT p.82]) and {Doq 'ej Qaj wuS
>rur} "be orange/red and resemble kradge lips" (which are "presumably a
>particular shade of brown" [startrek.klingon (Feb. 1998)]).
>
>--
>Voragh
>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons