[84052] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: other content in KCD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Jan 25 12:18:02 2008
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:15:25 -0600
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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qa'vaj:
> >> There are things like "the Chalice of Kahless" (but no
> >> tlhIngan Hol for that, Do'Ha').
> >
> > What is this exactly? Is there any explanation in the game?
>
>Yes, there is an explanation. Something about keeping the chalice full of
>wine in front of the "tracker" constellation, and refilling it every 9th
>day, just in case Kahless returns (or something like that).
>
>I'll probably defer doing all of the clicking around for a second pass
>through the game. Anything not on your list I'll post eventually. I
>suspect you have all the things that have tlhIngan Hol words specified, and
>the rest are just cultural notes.
Don't dismiss "just cultural notes" as these sometimes give useful clues,
particularly when combined with other information. Refilling the Chalice
of Kahless - {qeylIS HIvje'}? - every 9 days may be evidence of a nine-day
Klingon week {Hogh}, or at least of an older ritual week. We can now add
this datum to what little we already know about the Klingon calendar {'ISjaH}:
1) {QI'lop}, the holiday honoring the Klingon military, occurs in the tenth
Klingon month (PK)
2) Alexander was born on the 43rd day of Maktag (TNG "New Ground")
3) Worf said that the IKV Rotarran's mission began on the 53rd day of the
year of Kahless 999 (DS9 "Soldiers of the Empire")
4) Kohlar asked the pregnant B'Elanna, "Did you conceive during the holy
month of Nay'Poq?" (VOY "Prophecy")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
