tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 28 07:18:33 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mebpa'mey
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2013
>
> Klingon word: mebpa'mey
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: hotel
> Source: KGT (219 KE, 245 EK)
As used in canon:
Quj wa'DIch juH qachmey mebpa'mey je qa' raQmey chu' monmey chu' je
Custom OUTPOSTS and CAPITALS replace original Houses and Hotels. MKE
Was this a word Okrand didn't use in the CK scene where the Terran checks into the hotel on Kronos, or maybe realized he needed after the fact?
"The translation 'hotel' is a convenient noun that exists in English, but apparently Klingon has no unique word for a collection of guest rooms. It is rather like talking about a professor's 'rooms': you mean his apartment, but you refer to the collection of rooms instead of using a singular noun. However, rooms isn't a singular noun: 'The professor's rooms are cluttered,' not 'The professor's rooms is cluttered.' [...] I guess that {mebpa'mey} works the same way. You could talk about a single {mebpa'} or plural {mebpa'mey}, but there's no unique noun to describe the collection of these rooms, a hotel." [ghunchu'wI']
FYI when planning your vacation to the Empire:
CK: When visiting a Klingon planet the first thing you will want to do, once you have finish answering the guard's questions, is rent a room. No matter where you stay the accommodations will be stark compared to what you are used to. Klingons are predisposed to rejecting anything whose sole function is physical comfort. They will, however, make some concessions for visitors. For example, your room will almost certainly be equipped with a bed, though it is likely to be made of the same material as the floor. Checking into your room is a painless procedure, as long as you have made reservations ahead of time. Simply identify yourself to the desk clerk ... In the hotel you will have to do everything yourself. Do not expect to find housekeeping or room service either, while this may be a little inconvenient, it is also inexpensive. There is never any need to tip. As accommodating as it is, you will not want to spend all of your time in your room."
KGT 4: Klingon for the Galactic Traveler ... is not a typical guidebook for tourists. No restaurant or hotel recommendations are made...
For that see M.J. Friedman's _Star Trek: Federation Travel Guide_ (1997) - a 60-page vacation pamphlet with restaurant and hotel locations for different planets, including 4 pages on Kronos.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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