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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qarDaSQa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 20 09:36:50 2017
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 19, 2017
>
> Klingon word: qarDaSQa'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: Cardassian Union
> Source: Klingon Monopoly, published 1 November 2011
qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot.
Intercept Rudellian plague relief convoy to Cardassian Union. MKE
(KGT 142): The syllable {ya'} seems to be used as if it were a suffix meaning "place name". Thus [...] Cardassia is both {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'}.
Note that {qarDaS wa'} "Cardassia Prime" is the Cardassian homeworld (MKE).
*{Qa'} seems to be a bound morpheme forming names of political unions. E.g.
qarDaSQa' Cardassian Union
yuQjIjQa' United Federation of Planets
tuqjIjQa' United Kingdom
'amerI'qa' SepjIjQa' United States of America
--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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