tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 02 12:03:42 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'orghenya' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, December 2, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: 'orghenya'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: Organia
>
>Additional Notes:
>Spelled {'orghen} in KE side of TKD.
>Synonyms: 'orghen
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. No one ever says {romuluSya'}
("Romulus") or {tera'ya'} ("Earth") and certainly not {Qo'noSya'}
("Kronos"), the Klingon Homeworld itself.
For a long time, the two forms of planet names were used with
roughly equal frequency, with the {-ya'} variants having just a
slight edge in formal and scholarly contexts, and one might have
considered {-ya'} to be simply a place-name suffix. More recently,
however, younger speakers have been favoring the shorter forms
(that is, those lacking {-ya'}), and this habit seems to be slowly
spreading to older speakers as well. Though the longer names are
certainly still heard and are unobjectionable, {-ya'} may, over
time, fall out of usage altogether. (KGT 142)
'orghenya' rojmab / 'orghen rojmab = Organian Peace Treaty
'orghenya'ngan / 'orghengan = an Organian
A name for the inhabitant of a planet (and, therefore, the name of
a race of beings) is formed by adding {ngan} ("inhabitant") to the
planet name (excluding the number, if any): {lIghonngan} (Ligonian),
{tera'ngan} (Earther, Terran), {romuluSngan} (Romulan) [...] Occa-
sionally, 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}). (KGT 141-2)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons