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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Analysing 'ejyo' and 'ejDo'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Nov 9 10:41:23 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 09:41:05 -0600
In-Reply-To: <CA+cwSm9xQNuBJepqkfRQG4sGzwRrA1uOpkos+K1W9txse0Z3EQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Voragh:
>> TKD 20: =A0The syllable {'ej} also occurs in {'ejyo'} "Starfleet".
>> There are, however, no known Klingon words {'ej}, {Do'}, or {yo'} =
>> that have anything to do with Starfleet, starships, the Federation,
>> or space vehicles of any kind.
Philip:
> Well... there is {yo'} "fleet". Does that have "[no]thing to do with
> Starfleet, starships, [...] or space vehicles of any kind"?
I've wondered that too. Perhaps Okrand meant that it isn't related exclusi=
vely to *space* travel. Perhaps {yo'} is an old word from the Klingons' ow=
n naval tradition. =
It also shows up in {yo' qIj} "the Black Fleet" (one form of the afterlife):
batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma' DImuv. pa' reH maSuvtaHqu' =
Then we die with honor and join our fathers in the Black Fleet where we bat=
tle forever. (Anthem)
Voragh:
>> I vaguely remember Okrand saying somewhere that the Klingons have =
>> a sea-faring tradition, but I can't find that reference.
QeS:
> The mention of Klingons' history of naval warfare is in TKW, in the =
> discussion of the proverb {loghDaq Suvrupbogh SuvwI'pu' chaH Hoch =
> SuvwI'pu''e'} (p.33).
We've actually seen a Klingon {bIQ Duj} in VOY "Barge of the Dead": Kortar=
was captain of the mythical Barge of the Dead; he destroyed the gods who c=
reated him and, as punishment, was condemned to ferry the dishonored dead t=
o Grethor.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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