tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 27 05:38:31 2004
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RE: Klingon WOTD: jat (v)
--- Se'noj le'umaS <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Holtej:
> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday,
> March 27, 2004.
> >
> >Klingon word: jat
> >Part of Speech: verb
> >Definition: speak incoherently, mumble
> >
> >Additional Notes:
> >KGT, p. 30.
> >
> >The Klingon Word Of The Day is brought to you by
> Holtej
> >([email protected]). Please contact me with
> additions, corrections or
> >comments.
>
> This is just my own theorizing, but I think that
> there might be a common
> root word in play here, if we look at jatlh, jat,
> and ja', all associated
> with speaking. A trick often used in the creation of
> artificial languages is
> designing the one it evolved from (or a very
> simplified model of it) to
> allow this sort of thing. Does anyone else have an
> info on this?
>
> Se'noj
>
>
That's true. In fact, I've noticed that a lot of the
Klingon words associated with speech begin with the
letter {j}: {jatlh}, {jat}, {ja'}, {jang}, {jach},
{jaw}, and {joS}.
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