[1318] in tlhIngan-Hol
tonSaw, L'aadan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jul 20 14:25:02 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 93 09:11:17 -0400
In-Reply-To: A.APPLEYARD@fs1.mt.umist.ac.uk's message of 20 Jul 93 09:04:04 GMT
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> Mark E. Shoulson wrote on Mon 19 Jul 93 10:46:26 -0400 (Subject: tonSaw,
>L'aadan):-
> > Here's the list as given in HolQeD 1,3. List of other Klingon words, from
>an issue of veS QonoS, reported in HolQed, Vol 1, No. 3
> What is `ves QonoS`, and how to get it?
Unfortunately, I don't have that issue of HolQeD with me now, so I can't
look this up, but as I recall, veS QonoS [sic, not Qo'noS, I think] was a
short-lived Klingon-oriented publication. I don't recall who put it out,
why, or for how long. Someone from TLI know perhaps?
> > nga'chuq sex (i.e. perform sex; always subject)
> Does this mean that `nga'chuq` = (noun) "the sex act", (verb) "to perform
>the sex act", rather than "the answer to the question whether the individual
>is male or female"? I apologize for the intimate details, but that entry <is>
>a bit obscurely worded.
It is; I posts 'em as I sees 'em. Near as I can tell, it means "to perform
the sex act". Note that it seems to be formed with the "-chuq" (each
other) suffix on a (presumably obsolete) root "*nga'". This would be
consistent with the cryptic parenthetical comment, whisch would mean that
to say that Kang had sex with Mara, one should write "nga'chuq qang mara
je", i.e. with both members as subject, neither as object.
~mark
