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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'ejyo'waw'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Mar 31 10:47:19 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:47:00 +0000
In-Reply-To: <53397A0C.6030106@gmx.de>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
Okrand (via Voragh):
>> TKD 20: 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.
Lieven:
> It remains to be noted that years after the publication of the book, the
> word {yo'} has been used several times with the meaning of "fleet".
> So much for the evolution of the language :-)
I think Okrand's point was that these words don't refer specifically/exclusively to *space* travel. Like us, Klingons seem to have adapted existing ocean-going naval terminology when they ventured out into space.
Or Okrand simply forgot that he had already coined {yo'} <g>.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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