[90357] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Food
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Oct 31 15:25:47 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhIngan-Hol@KLI.org" <tlhIngan-Hol@KLI.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:25:27 -0500
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Felix:
> I find Su'ghar qutmey really surprising; I'd've expected a Klingon
> word referring to sugars in general. Of course, the sugar we have in
> our kitchen is a fairly specific product which Klingons probably don't
> use; guess that's why they took the English word.
Well, Klingons don't have a word for "be sweet" (most of us have been making do with *{wIbHa'} "be un-sour"). There's a reason for this:
KGT 85: Despite the general absence of sweet foods from their diet, Klingons tend to be quite enthusiastic about {yuch} (chocolate), at least in its purest forms.
OTOH they do have the noun {HaQchor} "saccharin".
KGT 85: The closest equivalent to "sweet" is probably {na'ran rur} (resembles a *naran*," a fruit whose juice is sometimes added to sauces as a contrast to the other flavors) ... "
Klingons identify Terran grapefruit, lemons and oranges as {na'ranmey}. Note {na'ran wIb} "lemon (literally "sour naran").
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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