tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 20 07:40:49 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vIraS
Probably not much to note about this word, except that it's also used in the construction «vIraS Hol» = "French (language)".
Source: E-mail from Marc Okrand on March 27, 2012 (as quoted in an e-mail from Lieven Litaer; "[Tlhingan-hol] a tiny information from Maltz"; sent April 1, 2012)
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Nevertheless, Maltz said that for language names the construction
"country + Hol" is most common (so he preferred DoyIchlan Hol). Of
course, it doesn't have to be a "country." It could be a region or a
political unit or alliance of another kind (which is why DIvI' Hol fits
in). He noted that tlhIngan Hol is really a shortened form of tlhIngan
wo' Hol, but nobody ever says that in everyday speech.
If one were to say vulqangan Hol ("Vulcan's language" or "Vulcans'
language"), that could mean the same thing as vulqan Hol, so the speaker
would generally not be misunderstood, but if at an intergalactic
gathering a Vulcan were speaking Federation Standard, then vulqangan Hol
for that Vulcan at that time and place would be DIvI' Hol. There is no
such thing as qa'naDa' Hol, but qa'naDa'ngan Hol might refer to DIvI'
Hol or vIraS Hol (or Cree or Inuit or many other languages).
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Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vIraS
Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, September 20, 2012
Klingon word: vIraS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: France
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