tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 29 07:23:55 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'orghen
> Klingon word: 'orghen
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: Organia
> Source: TKD:K-E
Note the synonyms:
'orghenya' Organia (TKD E->K)
'orghen rojmab Organian Peace Treaty (TKD K->E)
'orghenya' rojmab Organian Peace Treaty (TKD E->K)
'orghengan an Organian (TKD K->E)
'orghenya'ngan an Organian (TKD E->K)
KGT 141f.: Occasionally, and no doubt owing to influence from Federation Standard, from which names, as noted, are often taken, an extra syllable, {-ya'-}, comes between the planet name and {ngan}. [...] The syllable {ya'} seems to be used as if it were a suffix meaning "place name". Thus, Ligon has sometimes been called {lIghonya'} in addition to {lIghon}, Organia is both {'orghenya'} and {'orghen}, and Cardassia is both {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'}. The {-ya'} cannot be added to all planet names, however. [...] For a long time, the two forms of planet names were used with roughly equal frequency, with the {-ya'} variants having just a slight edge in formal and scholarly contexts, and one might have considered {-ya'} to be simply a place-name suffix. More recently, however, younger speakers have been favoring the shorter forms (that is, those lacking {-ya'}), and this habit seems to be slowly spreading to older speakers as well. Though the longer names are certainly still heard and are unobjectionable, {-ya'} may, over time, fall out of usage altogether.
Trek trivia:
Organia was the only Class-M planet located in the disputed region of space between the Federation and Klingon Empire. There is little of intrinsic value on the planet. Inhabited by humanoids, its primitive society rates Class D-minus on the Richter scale of culture. There has been no development of Organia's culture in tens of thousands of years. Ayelborne is the chairman of the unnamed village's Council of Elders. The Klingons occupied Organia in 2267 to use as a base of operations against the Federation. (TOS "Errand of Mercy")
"I am Kor, military governor of Organia." (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
In 2372, Worf would tell Kor that his confrontation with Kirk on Organia was one of many stories about him he had heard since he was a child. (DS9 "The Sword of Kahless")
The starship GS-12, under the command of Captain H. Ellison, visited Organia on the way to Deep Space 9. (DS9 "Whispers")
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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