tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 06 06:45:30 2010
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RE: qoSwIj
Voragh:
>> > DaHjaj'e' 'oH qoSwIj 'e' }}:-)
>>
>> DaHjaj 'oH qoswIj'e'.
>> DaHjaj 'oHbej qoswIj'e'!
>> DaHjaj 'oHqu' qoswIj'e'!!
>> DaHjaj 'oHbejqu' qoswIj'e'!!!
>>
>> If you're not comfortable adding suffixes to a pronoun, use
>> the verb {lop} "celebrate":
>>
>> DaHjaj qoSwIj vIlopbejqu'!!!
Seruq/DloraH:
>Or we can get rid of the "to be".
> DaHjaj qaS qoSwIj.
>And then you COULD emphasis with -'e', or use the verb suffixes you
>listed above.
I considered {qaS} too. Do birthdays just "occur, happen" in Klingon? We've no idea how to talk about birthdays as Okrand has never used {qoS} in a Klingon sentence - or, for that matter, the nouns {yupma'}, {lopno'}, {lop}, or {QI'lop}. (Can anyone think of any other festival/party-like occasions or holidays I can look up in my notes?)
In his English comments Okrand has mentioned "celebrating" a {lopno'} and the Kot'baval Festival {yupma'}. We know that Klingons {lop} "observe, celebrate (a ritual)" the {Heghtay}:
Heghtay lulop latlh tlhInganpu'. Heghtay luloptaHvIS chaH
chaq bey SeQ lujach
other Klingons may perform a ceremonial howl or yell as
part of the Klingon death ritual. S31
and the {nentay}:
nentay loptaHvIS tlhIngan potlh tlhIngan 'oy'naQ'e'
The Klingon Painstik is an important part of a Klingon's
Age of Ascension ceremony. S32
Also, the person undergoing the {nentay} is termed the {lopwI'} "initiate" (literally "celebrant"):
poSDaq nIHDaq je QamtaHvIS SuvwI'pu', chaH jojDaq yItnIS lopwI'
The initiate must pass through a gauntlet of warriors. S9
though s/he can also be called {SIQwI'} "recipient" (lit. "one who endures [pain]"):
SIQwI' lu'oy'moHmeH juppu'Daj 'oy'naQmey lo' chaH
The Painstik is employed by friends of the recipient... S32
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Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons