tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 25 08:43:07 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'Iv (question)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, July 25, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: 'Iv
>Part of Speech: question
>Definition: who?
Used in canon:
yaS legh 'Iv
Who sees the officer?
'Iv legh yaS
Whom does the officer see? TKD
SoH 'Iv
Who are you? CK
SoH 'Iv jay'
[Who the %$#& are you? (untranslated)] ST6
KLI cultural note:
{'Iv ghaH baHwI''e'?} is a poem/song by Krankor, performed at various
qep'a'mey [jatmey 4: 9-15]
>Additional Notes:
>TKD p. 69: For {'Iv} 'who?' and {nuq} 'what?' the question word fits into
>the sentence in the position that would be occupied by the answer.
>
>Both {'Iv} and {nuq} are treated as nouns as far as the pronominal
>prefixes are concerned. That is, they are considered third person.
Okrand has explained that the question word {nuq} can be used as a pronoun
in "to be" sentences. His example is {yIH nuq} "What is a tribble?" CK has
a sentence, {nuq mI'lIj, tera'ngan} "What is your number,
Terran?" Apparently, {nuq} can go on either side of the noun. TKD 69
shows that {'Iv} and {nuq} function in the same way. (SuStel)
>Homonyms:
> 'Iv (noun) - altitude
Altitude is how high the airplane is, the Klingon word is {'Iv},
and in English you are "at an altitude". (Qov)
When the plane moves up or down (not when the nose points up or down,
but when the plane increases or decreases altitude, as if the whole
plane is being pushed up or down), it is said to {jIm} "heave".
(HQ 11.2)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons