tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 06 03:02:15 2007
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Klingon WOTD: yej'an (noun)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, July 6, 2007.
Category: General
Klingon word: yej'an
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: society (e.g., scholarly society)
Source: KGT (230 KE, 257 EK)
Swedish: sällskap (t.ex. akademiskt sällskap)
Additional Notes:
From "Okrand's Notes," HolQeD 4:4 p. 11. "An organization dedicated to scholastic pursuits or research is a {yejHaD} 'institute' or 'instutition' or a {yej'an} 'society.' The distinction between {yejHaD} and {yej'an} is not clear, though the former is usually -- but not always -- used for larger organizations. It is not known whether the first syllable of these words ({yej}) is {yej} 'council, assembly,' but there could be some historic connection. Note that {nugh} 'society' has a much broader meaning: a group of people with a shared culture. Accordingly, {tlhIngan nugh} would mean "Klingon society" as distinguished from, say, Romulan society, but {tlhIngan yej'an} would probably be 'the Klingon Society,' a group dedicated to the study of Klingons."
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