tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 02 14:44:45 2007
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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for August 23, 2007
QeS:
> >SKI: I don't like {veD lInglu'bogh} for a couple of reasons. Following an
> >interesting natural/artificial contrast in KGT, I suggest {laSvargh veDDIr}
> >"factory pelt" as a translation for "fabric" in the DIlbert comic of
> >23-08-2007.
Robyn Stewart (Qov):
>I likely wouldn't recognize it as silk or cotton ... do Klingons have
>vegetable-based fabrics? Remind me of a Klingon wearing something
>that wasn't leather, fur or metal.
Worf was seen wearing pajamas {nIvnav} on the Enterprise-D in TNG "Genesis"
and "Ethics" which IIRC looked as though there were made of some heavy
denim-like cloth with leather shoulder patches. (See the illustrations in
TKW p.70, 146 and 176.) This may well have been a human convention he
picked up from his adoptive parents or at Starfleet Academy however.
>Maybe they never invented weaving.
Qov may well be right. Although we have a word for clothing or clothes in
general {Sut}, as well as one for a disguise or costume {jech} - to say
nothing about the problematic verb {tuQ} "wear (clothes)" - we have no
words for cloth or fabric. There are of course words for specific articles
of clothing: e.g. {paH} gown, {yIvbeH} tunic, {ngup} cape, {mop} robe,
{wep} jacket/coat, {qogh} belt, {mIv} helmet, {pogh} glove, {Ha'quj} sash,
and {nIvnav} pajamas.
The only comments by Okrand I could find WRT clothing are:
Thus {DIrmey} "skins" and {veDDIrmey} "pelts" are not (or, perhaps
better, are no longer) body parts, but rather are materials from which
things (clothing or blankets, for example) may be made.
[st.klingon 3/23/98]
Similarly, one needs to be careful in talking about certain articles
of clothing. [KGT 29]
... an incident in literature that did deal with these articles of
clothing. [KGT 125]
A warrior's full set of armor, including weapons and clothing, is his
{may'luch} (literally, "battle gear"). Traditional clothing worn in
battle, known as {HIp}, the word currently used to mean "uniform", had
both a protective function and a more utilitarian one, since it was
from the clothing that weapons ({nuHmey}) or ammunition ({nIch}) could
be hung. [KGT 57]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons