tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 21 08:53:20 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: wen (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, August 21, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: wen
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: months ago
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 8:3, p. 2, {matlh juppu' mu'mey}. Another pair of words of this
>type refers to months: {wen} "months ago", {waQ} "months from now." Thus,
>{loSwen} is "four months ago" and {wa'waQ} is "next month" (one month from
>now).
Note the puns on "wax" and "wane".
Related nouns:
{jar} "(Klingon) month"
"Similarly, the Klingon words {jaj}, {jar}, and {DIS} are normally
translated as 'day', 'month', and 'year', respectively, but the length of a
Klingon day, month, or year is not the same as the Terran counterpart.
Calculating the length of a Klingon day, month, or year is not at all a
straightforward exercise, but suffice it to say that a period of five
months is not the same amount of time as a period of {vagh jarmey}." (KGT
205f.)
"Adding {-vam} 'this' to most words designating fixed periods of time seems
to be the only way to indicate 'current'. Thus... the current month or
'this month' is {jarvam} ..." (st.klingon 6/97)
{QI'lop}, the holiday honoring the Klingon military, occurs in the tenth
Klingon month. (PK)
Alexander was born on the 43rd day of Maktag. (TNG: "New Ground")
Kohlar asked the pregnant B'Elanna, "Did you conceive during the holy month
of Nay'Poq?" (VOY "Prophecy"; why this month is holy was not explained)]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons