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Re: Klingon words from _Diplomatic Implausibility_ (DI)

Robyn Stewart ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

I'm suspicious of HuDyuQ and taD, as those look like the result of 
someone just looking things up in the dictionary. Not that my country 
doesn't have its share of "Lake Mountain" and "Mountain Lake"-type 
geographical names.

At 08:40 AM 10/3/2007, you wrote:
>Voragh:
> > > {mong'em}  *mong'em* maneuver ("A parry where you thrust a sword or [...]
> > > [Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel _Diplomatic Implausibility_ ]
>
>New York: Pocket Books, 2001.  248 p.  ISBN 0671785540 (pbk.)
>
>Quvar:
> >I've never heard of this source, nor have I seen this word before.
> >
> >Is this source canon? Is that word canon? Are there more words in that
> >book? Are they also canon? Could please send those to me? Is this perhaps
> >the same book that includes that includes the word [Suto'vo'qor]??
>
>That's the book.  Okrand provided words and expressions for A.C. Crispin's
>novel _Sarek_ and Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel Diplomatic Implausibility
>(DI).  The problem is that we don't know if *all* the tlhIngan Hol in the
>novels was his or whether the authors coined a few words they needed after
>they had talked with him.  And as always, there's the possibility of typos
>introduced by the publisher.
>
>Here are the other new words from the glossary at the end of _Diplomatic
>Implausibility_.  Some of these are previously known from the episodes, but
>Okrand/De Candido provided tlhIngan Hol spellings:
>
>
>{gha'poq} - grapok sauce: "Condiment, often used to bring out the flavor in
>gagh or racht."
>
>{ghISnar} - grishnar cat: "Small animal, apparently not a very vicious one,
>though with perhaps a predilection for trying to sound fiercer than it
>actually is. [First referenced in "The Way of the Warrrior" (DS9).]"
>
>{ghojmoHwI'} - mentor DI
>
>{HuDyuQ} - a mountainous Klingon planet: "The name derives from the words
>meaning 'mountain' and 'planet'."
>
>{jeghpu'wI'} - conquered people: "more than slaves, less than citizens,
>this status is given to occupants of worlds conquered by the Klingon Empire."
>
>{ma' to'vor} - Mauk-to'Vor: "A death ritual that allows one who has lost
>honor to die well and go to Sto-Vo-Kor by being honorably killed by a
>House-mate or someone equally close."
>
>{qamchIy} - Qam-Chee: "According to legend, an ancient village on Qo'noS
>where Kahless and Lukara fought a great battle, a major component of their
>courtship."
>
>{Qang} - "Chancellor" (ship class): "A new class of Defense Force ships, of
>which the IKS Gorkon is one, is the Qang-class, and all are named after
>past chancellors of the Empire (three of the others in the line are the IKS
>Gowron, the IKS Azetbur, and the IKS K'mpec)"
>
>{Qa'Da'} - krada legs: "Food made from the extremities of a krada."
>
>{ramjep} - ramjep bird: "Avian life-form indigenous to Qo'noS that only
>comes out in the dark."
>
>{Suto'vo'qor} - Sto-Vo-Kor: "The afterlife for the honored dead, where all
>true warriors go after they die to fight an eternal battle. The closest
>Klingon equivalent to heaven."
>
>{taD} - a frozen planet in the Korvad system containing rich deposits of
>topaline
>
>{tay'ghoqor} - Ty'Gokor: "A planet where the induction into the Order of
>the Bat'leth takes place."
>
>{tIqleH} - tik'leth: "An edged weapon, similar to an Earth longsword."
>
>
>And here are his definitions for some already existing nouns:
>
>
>bat'leth - "Curved, four-bladed, two-handed weapon. This is the most
>popular handheld, edged weapon used by Klingon warriors, due to its being
>favored by Kahless. The legendary Sword of Kahless was a bat'leth, and most
>Defense Force warriors are proficient with it."
>
>"bekk. A rank given to enlisted personnel in the Defense Force."
>
>bokrat (type of animal) - "Food made from the liver of a bok-rat,
>apparently cooked to some degree, making it unusual among Klingon foods."
>
>bregit lung - "Food made from the lung of an animal, presumably a bregit."
>
>{cha'DIch} - "During a legal proceeding, the accused is denied combat, and
>so must have a second, called a cha'DIch, to defend him or her."
>
>chech'tluth - "An alcoholic beverage best served heated and steaming. The
>word seems to derive from the verbs meaning to drink and to get drunk."
>
>d'k tahg - "Personal dagger. All Defense Force warriors carry their own d'k
>tahg, which is personalized with their name and House."
>
>Gre'thor - "The afterlife for the dishonored dead--the closest Klingon
>equivalent to hell."
>
>gladst - "Food made from brown leaves, best served without sauce."
>
>glob fly - "Small, irritating insect with no sting, which makes a slight
>buzzing sound."
>
>jat'yIn - "According to legend, spirits of the dead that possess the living."
>
>lingta - "Large game animal indigenous to Qo'noS."
>
>mek'leth - "A sword-like one- or two-handed weapon about half the size of a
>bat'leth."
>
>par'Mach - "Love, Klingon style--with much more intense connotations than
>the English word."
>
>{petaQ} - "Insult with no direct translation. Sometimes anglicized as pahtk"
>
>pipius claw - "Food made from the claw of an animal."
>
>gagh - "Food made from live serpent worms."
>
>{Qapla'} - "Ritual greeting that literally means 'success'."
>
>{QI'yaH} - "Interjection with no direct translation."
>
>racht - "Food made from live serpent worms (not to be confused with gagh).
>[First seen in "Melora" (DS9).]"
>
>raktajino - "Coffee, Klingon style."
>
>rokeg blood pie - "Food apparently made from or with the blood of an
>animal, possibly a rokeg."
>
>Rura Penthe - "Prison planet mostly covered in ice."
>
>{ruStay} (the R'uustai) - "Literally 'the bonding,' this is a ritual that
>allows an orphan to join another House."
>
>targ - "Animal that is popular as a pet, but the heart of which is also
>considered a delicacy."
>
>{toDSaH} - "Insult with no direct translation."
>
>zilm'kach - "Food made from something orange."
>
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>Voragh
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