[1334] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Question from STrek-l
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jul 21 20:26:02 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: laibow@brick.purchase.edu (The Songbringer -- Marnen to the common fol
k)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 17:49:05 EDT
In-Reply-To: <9307211853.AA29935@codex.com>; from "Captain Krankor" at Jul 21,
93 2:50 pm
Captain Krankor says:
[...]
: As for "gray", that is a much more glaring omission.
Not necessarily. Klingon, if I'm remembering correctly, has terms for {WHITE}
(chiS), {BLACK} (qij), {RED-orange} (Doq), and {blue-green-yellow} (SuD), where
caps indicate the principal hue in the range. This makes it a typical Berlin &
Kay Stage III language (whether IIIa or IIIb is hard to tell, since the
difference lies in whether >SuD< is principally green or yellow). For other
colors, one can use >wov< and >qij< as shades (see below), or use descriptive
words as Erich was trying to do.
: However, I think
: I can offer a solution. When I once asked Okrand about the whole SuD
: issue, he claimed that, yes, Klingons can tell the difference between
: blue and yellow, they would just call one something like "dark SuD" and
: the other "light SuD", or some such. Following this lead, I submit that
: once could refer to grey as qIj wov-- light (or bright) black. Although,
: I suppose that ghosts would tend towards the lighter shades of gray, which
: thus might want to be chIS Hurgh-- dark white.
This is what I'd tend to do. BTW, for a ghost, how about "smoke color"?
:
: All of which serves to remind me of a riddle I asked Eli just the other
: day:
:
: Q: qIj 'ej chIS 'ej Doqchu' nuq?
:
: A: meQtaHbogh Enterprise.
jiHagh. ;>
:
: --Krankor
Qapla' Qichqengwi'vo'.
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