tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 27 20:17:56 2009
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Re: News from Maltz
- From: "Michael Roney, Jr." <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: News from Maltz
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:16:19 -0400
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I think this is the fastest I've seen the new words exposed.
Normally us non-qep'a' goers are tortured with anticipation.
So now that we have "names" for the "letters", we need to make a children's book.
chay is for chab.
Day is for Duj.
Suggestions for "is for" besides 'oS?
~naHQun
-Michael Roney, Jr.
Professional Klingon translator
http://twitter.com/roneyii
--Sent from my Palm PrÄ?ghunchu'wI' wrote:
As qep'a' wa'maH javDIch drew to a close on Sunday morning, Marc
Okrand approached a group of Klingonists eating breakfast to relay
the following information from Maltz.
1) The noun {vIlle'} means something close to "minion". [The word in
English is often used to refer to a loyal or even fawning servant of
someone who is typically considered powerful. Compare with
"henchman", who has the same general job but is usually a mercenary.]
2) The noun {vIl} is hard to define. Maltz had given a description
of something which was immediately recognized as a speed bump by
everyone present, but it was apparently intended not as an actual
definition but as an example of something which is "just there".
There is obviously an etymological relationship with and {vIlle'},
which is currently the best clue we have to its true meaning.
["Groupie" and "entourage" were suggested by those present at the
time, but Marc didn't think they fit.]
3) There are names for the individual sounds of spoken Klingon.
These are not really the letters of an alphabet [though with the
phonetic transcription we use, the distinction is very fine]. They
follow a very simple pattern: consonants' names consist of the sound
followed by {ay}, and vowels' names consist of the sound preceded by
{'} and followed by {t}. The glottal stop sound is an exception,
being called {qaghwI'}, though this longish name is often eschewed in
favor of a simple grunt of the sound itself.
a : 'at
b : bay
ch: chay
D : Day
e : 'et
gh: ghay
:
u : 'ut
v : vay
w : way
y : yay
' : qaghwI' (or) '
-- ghunchu'wI'