[85202] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: KLBC: New to the List
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Mon Dec 8 19:18:22 2008
From: "DloraH" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:16:09 -0600
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6916A89F567@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> >>>There have been a couple of proper names that didn't conform to
> >>>this, but they have all been borrowed from other languages, like
> >>>{jon luq pIqarD}.
>
> Interestingly, the string {-arD-} is present in just one
> other word that I know of:
>
> Cardassia is both {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'}. [KGT p. 142]
>
> Note BTW that this is another foreign proper name. This
> tells us that Klingons view the combination {qarD} as
> pronounceable, even though it doesn't appear in any native
> tlhIngan Hol words.
But in {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'} the r and the D are in separate syllables.
qar-DaS, qar-DaS-ya'
All being CVC.
DloraH
