[84084] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: KCD 1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jan 29 11:05:13 2008
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:03:38 -0600
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
qa'vaj wrote:
>>This is why, I, Gowron, leader of the Klingon high counsel have decided to
>>break the secrecy that shrouds our culture, and show you, *divvyok, that
>>which truly makes us Klingon. You are frightened young human?
>>
>>ngoDvammo' nughmaj So'bogh peghtaHgach'e' vIbIv 'e' vIwuq jIH, ghawron,
>>tlhIngan yejquv DevwI' 'ej SoHvaD, DIvI' yoq, tlhIngan tIqna' vI'agh.
>>DaghIjlu''a', Human Qup?
SuStel:
>>>DIvI' yoq? I could never figure out what he said there...
I think qa'vaj is right; it is {DIvI' yoq} "Federation humanoid". Gowron
is contrasting offworlders with Klingons, i.e. aliens {nov} with normal
(i.e. Klingon) people {ghot/nuv}, so {yoq} is just a variant here to {nov}
which, as you pointed out, he uses more than once in this speech. Also
notice that "young human" is also used in apposition to "you", just like
{DIvI' yoq}.
FYI from today's KWOTD thread which convinced me:
>>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, January 27, 2008.
>>
>>Klingon word: yoq
>>Part of Speech: noun
>>Definition: humanoid
>
>Used in canon:
>
> yoq yIn yuQ 'oH Qo'noS'e'. yInSIp voQSIp je ngaS muDDaj.
> Qo'noS is a class-M planet with an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere. S27
>
>"Humanoid", "being (capable of language)", etc. used by Okrand:
>
>"Another set of similes link humanoid species of various kinds to certain
>qualities: {matlhHa'; romuluSngan rur} (disloyal as a Romulan), {qur;
>verengan rur} (greedy as a Ferengi), {wIH; Hur'Iqngan rur} (ruthless as a
>Hur'q), {Hoj; tera'ngan rur} (cautious as a Terran), {Hem; tlhIngan rur}
>(proud as a Klingon), {nong; vulqangan rur} (passionate as a Vulcan)" (KGT
>132)
>
>"the Hur'q, a race of humanoids from the Gamma Quadrant" (KGT 153)
>
>Trek trivia:
>
>"Millions of years ago we were humanoid like yourselves." (Ayelborne, TOS
>"Errand of Mercy")
>
>"The mere presence of beings like yourselves is intensely painful to us."
>(unidentified Organian, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
