tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 07 14:01:26 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Hov (noun)
Okrand wrote in TKD (p. 20):
> > The syllable {'ej} also occurs in {'ejyo'} "Starfleet". There are,
> > however, no known Klingon words {'ej}, {Do'}, or {yo'} that have
> > anything to do with Starfleet, starships, the Federation, or space
> > vehicles of any kind.
lay'tel SIvten:
>Except that {yo'} is given in original TKD as a noun meaning "fleet (of
>ships)", which clearly contradicts the paragraph cited above.
He says it has nothing to do with *space* vehicles. Presumably he meant
that {yo'} originally referred to an *ocean-going* fleet and was only later
applied analogously to spacecraft, which is generally what we've done in
English. Kronos does have oceans:
The Klingon Homeworld {Qo'noS}, usually rendered Kronos in
Federation Standard, is a planet with basically one very
large mass of land surrounded by ocean; perhaps continent
is a comparable concept. (KGT 16)
After Kahless's brother, Morath, killed their father, Morath
threw their father's sword into the ocean, saying that if he
could not have the sword, no one could. (KGT 121)
and ships or boats:
Maltz pointed out that ... when a banner or sail flaps, the
correct word to use is {joq} "flap, flutter, wave." (HQ 10.4)
One type of {letlh} is a {choghvat}, the stairway leading to
and from the doorway of a ship. In a couple of dialects in the
Mekro'vak ({meqro'vaq}) region, however, {letlh} refers only
to the stairway connected to a ship, while {ngep'oS} is any
other kind of stairway but not one used to enter or exit a
ship. [KGT 29]
BTW, this implies that the Mekro'vak region borders the sea. If not, why
would they have developed their own naval jargon?
[Of course, in Real Life Okrand probably just forgot the word! <g>]
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons