tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 10 09:52:30 2010
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RE: Hypothetical (reconstructed) vocabulary?
Voragh wrote (in January):
>>And here are five more to add to the list:
>>
>> *{ba'} "official?; ritual/ceremonial?" < {Heghba'} Ritual Suicide,
>> {meqba'} Mek'ba (type of legal proceeding)
>> [cf. {tay} "ceremony, rite, ritual"]
>>
>> *{bo'} "civil, civilian, non-military?" < {bo'DIj} court (n.)
>> [cf. {ghIpDIj} court-martial (v.)]
>>
>> *{DIj} "trial, ordeal?" < {bo'DIj} court (n.), {ghIpDIj} court-
>> martial (v.)
>>
>> *{ghep} "age/significant time in life (of person)?" < {nenghep} Age
>> of Ascension, {peHghep} Age of Inclusion
>>
>> *{peH} "inclusion?" < {peHghep} Age of Inclusion
>
>Just found another:
>
> *{jep} "middle (of time period)?" < {pemjep} midday & {ramjep} midnight
> (cf. {botlh} center, middle & {qoD} inside, interior)
And for those interested, another three:
*ghor drive, propulsion system (on ship) (?) < {pIvghor} warp drive
& {Hongghor} impulse drive
*pev lobe (of grain)? < {loSpev} quadrotriticale
*puj some sort of mineral? < {beqpuj} *bekpuj* & {cha'puj} dilithium
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons