tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 10 07:09:15 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tangqa'
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, May 10, 2013
>
> Klingon word: tangqa'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: animal species with both genders resembling Terran bull
> Source: HQ:v9n4p?
Word supplied by Okrand (HQ 9.4):
In the epic, Gilgamesh and Enkidu battle the Bull of Heaven.
The Klingon translation (allegedly found on a barren planetoid)
contains the phrase: {QI'tu' tangqa'}. Although {QI'tu'} "heaven"
is a familiar enough term, {tangqa'} is clearly something new.
Maltz graciously provided the following brief explanation:
There's this Klingon animal, you see, which is kind of bull-like.
It's called a {tangqa'}. Both male and female ones are called
{tangqa'}. So it doesn't really mean "bull." But it certainly
looks like one. Or more like a bull than anything else.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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