tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 09 06:24:51 2008
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RE: KLBC: New to the List
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: New to the List
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:21:43 -0600
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Doq (?):
>>>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}.
Voragh:
>> 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.
DloraH:
>But in {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'} the r and the D are in separate syllables.
> qar-DaS, qar-DaS-ya'
>All being CVC.
I noticed that too but even so, this is the only example of a *non-suffixed* noun with the string {-arD-} -- and it's another foreign name. Apparently it's pronounceable but, for some reason, uncommon. This may be significant, or it may just be a coincidence due to the small size of the known vocabulary. (And yes, I know that forms like {tarDaq} "in the poison", {DI'qarDaq} "toward D'Kar", {ghISnarDaq} "on the grishnar cat", etc. are possible.)
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons