[95315] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] birds (was Re: Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Tue Dec 18 05:05:45 2012
In-Reply-To: <usl670twm5r7txag0hd4br3m.1355804965031@email.android.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:05:25 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 5:29 AM, jaSwa'
<DarksideTheMidnightShadow@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was under the impression from the beginning that qISa'ruj was a type of bird, since "raptor" literally means "bird of prey."
jISovchu'be'. The word {qISa'ruj} comes from Klingon Monopoly, where
it refers to a class of starship called the "raptor" in English. In
the Haynes manual, however, the same ship class is called {raptor}
(spelled like that in {pIqaD}). So it's not clear whether {raptor} is
a Klingon word that just happens to sound somewhat like the English
word "raptor" (much like how {Qo'noS} sounds sort of like "Kronos" to
a human ear), or whether the ship class name refers to a type or
category of bird.
--
De'vID
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