tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Sep 10 07:54:47 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: na' (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, September 8, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: na'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be salty, brackish (slang)
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 85. Klingon food also frequently tastes {wIb} ("sour, butter") or
>{na'} ("salty, brackish"). The closest equivalent to "sweet" is probably
>{na'ran rur} ("resembles a [naran]," a fruit whose juice is sometimes
>added to sauces as a contrast to the other flavors.) Interestingly, many
>human visitors seem to really enjoy the juice of the [naran] all by
>itself, particularly in the morning, though Klingons find this practice
>most peculiar. Despite the general absence of sweet foods from their
>diet, Klingons tend to be quite enthusiastic about {yuch} ("chocolate"),
>at least in its purest forms.
KGT p. 85-86: The usual Federation Standard translations of the primary
tastes ("pungent, sour, salty") are a little deceptive. From the Klingon
point of view, it is not accurate to say that a particular food is sour;
rather, it tastes and smells sour. That is, sourness is not an intrinsic
quality of the food; it is a perception, the effect the food has upon the
senses of smell and taste, the Klingon sense of smell being particularly
highly developed. Translations such as "sour-inducing" ({Soj wIb},
"sour-inducing food"; {na' Soj}, "The food induces saltiness") would
perhaps be closer to the feeling of the Klingon, but they are a bit clumsy.
KGT p. 100: When the food arrives, it should be eaten as is; nothing
equivalent to a saltshaker will be found on a Klingon dining table.
KGT p. 96: The word {Dargh} ["tea"] refers to the beverage only. If plants
or animal parts are dried and, if necessary, chopped up before being
steeped in boiling water to produce {Dargh}, this preparation is called
{Qenvob}. Often, however, there is no {Qenvob}; the tea is made by simply
picking thorns, leaves, petals, or seeds off of a plant and immediately
immersing them in the water. Usually brackish water ({bIQ na'}) is best.
Pun:
natrium (chemical symbol Na
>Homonyms:
> na' (verb) - be sure, definite, positive, certain (slang)
Note. This meaning is the slang extension of the regular, nonslang verb
{na'} "be salty, brackish".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons