tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 08 16:17:38 2008
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RE: KLBC: New to the List
- From: "DloraH" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: New to the List
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:16:09 -0600
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> >>>There have been a couple of proper names that didn't conform to
> >>>this, but they have all been borrowed from other languages, like
> >>>{jon luq pIqarD}.
>
> Interestingly, the string {-arD-} is present in just one
> other word that I know of:
>
> Cardassia is both {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'}. [KGT p. 142]
>
> Note BTW that this is another foreign proper name. This
> tells us that Klingons view the combination {qarD} as
> pronounceable, even though it doesn't appear in any native
> tlhIngan Hol words.
But in {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'} the r and the D are in separate syllables.
qar-DaS, qar-DaS-ya'
All being CVC.
DloraH