Archive of Okrandian Canon
| Author | Alan Anderson |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 July 2010 |
| Summary | Three new nouns from qep’a’ wa’maH SochDIch (in 2010): maQ ~omen, sign~; ruS ~bond~ (as between blood brothers) and chalqach ~tower~. Suto’vo’qor verified as correct, and a sighting of wa’DIch used adverbially. |
| Title | mu’ chu’ |
| Type |
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:39:04 -0400
Subject: mu' chu'
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
ja' Voragh:
> Time for the ritual post-qep'a' question: \xA0Any new words from Okrand this year?
A cadre of grammarians had the opportunity to preview a section of a Klingon opera. In it we noted a smattering of tlhIngan Hol spellings for names of various places, people, and plants. Someone wrote them down, but I did not think them important enough at the time to record them myself. I do recall that {Suto'vo'qor} was confirmed as correct.
There were three nouns we had not seen before:
maQ "omen, sign"
ruS "bond", as between blood brothers
chalqach "tower"
The first two give standalone meanings to already-existing morphemes (see {maQmIgh} and {ruStay} in TKD). A running joke has been going for many years about wanting a word for "deluxe apartment in the sky"; we now know to say {chalqach pa''a'}. :)
We also saw an apparently adverbial {wa'DIch}, confirming that the {wa'DIch jagh'e' wIHeghmoHmo'} line in {taHjaj wo'} is appropriate usage.
-- ghunchu'wI'