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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'e'nal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Apr 13 10:09:26 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:09:15 +0000
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> Klingon word: 'e'nal
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: someone who married into the family
I.e. an "in-law".
Never used in a sentence.
HQ 9.3: {'e'nal} ... does not specify the exact relationship
MO to Lieven (11/15/2010): There was another question about whether *{loDnI'nal} and *{be'nI'nal} could be brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Maltz said he didn't think there were specific words for these concepts. He said to just describe the relationship: {loDnI' loDnal} and {be'nI' loDnal} for brother-in-law and {loDnI' be'nal} and {be'nI' be'nal} for sister-in-law. He said you could even say things like {be'nal loDnI' be'nal} "wife's brother's wife". But he preferred to call all these people {'e'nalpu'} "people who married into the family".
KCD: MO's audio for {nalqaD} "mate challenge" tells us that *{nal} is NOT used as a word on its own, although it is also found in {be'nal} wife and {loDnal} husband.
Related words:
be'nal wife
loDnal husband
'IrneHnal & tennuSnal uncles by marriage
'e'mamnal & me'nal aunts by marriage
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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