[86015] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon translation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Everson)
Fri Jun 26 13:22:18 2009
From: Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6A4BA81897E@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:47:07 +0100
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On 26 Jun 2009, at 16:59, Steven Boozer wrote:
> {qat} "wrap, encase" (v.)
*sigh* only in the K-E half of TKD.
> {ngup} "cape" (n.)
Nice.
> {mop} "robe" (n.)
Maybe nicer.
> {'ev} "area northwestward, area towards the northwest" (n.)
>
> Not exactly north, but it'll do. Klingons have only three cardinal
> directions:
>
> 'ev
> \
> \______ chan
> /
> /
> tIng
That's cool. Where are those words from?
> ghunchu'wI':
>> The "Who is stronger than whom" question is an idiom that doesn't
>> necessarily transfer into Klingon anyway. If you really need the most
>> literal translation, try {'Iv HoS law' latlh HoS puS} instead. I
>> think
>> the simplest and most direct way to say it is probably {nIv 'Iv HoS?}
>
> Or just {nIvqu' 'Iv?}
Except if the question can't be pointed to by 'e'....
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
