petaQ, tlhIngan Hol yIghojqu'

[Khemehekis]

At https://www.kli.org/chabal/, a few of the members made word request lists for Christmas. Included are a lot of good words that appear on the LCV: "pronoun", "cotton", "sodium", "algae", "edit, revise", "stress, emphasize", "esophagus", "calcium", "marble", "spleen", "pancreas", "absorb". There are also three more recent requests for LCV words: "tap", "be curly", and "plutonium". Check them out and vote up the ones you like!

[Khemehekis]

By a show of hands, how many people here participate in the chabal tetlh word nomination and voting?

[Khemehekis]

Klingon has some new words now as a result of translating the play Hamletmachine. One of them is a nod to the Hebrew alphabet.

https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-k ... ords/date/

[Khemehekis]

The Aspies on this board (of which I know of many) might be interested to know that someone at https://www.kli.org/chabal/ has made a request for the stative verb "be autistic/Aspie". If you care to vote it up, I'm just letting you know.

[Khemehekis]

Marc Okrand has revealed 167 new Klingon words at the latest qep'a'!

http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa27

Both of my requests made it in. "Disorder, disability, syndrome, condition" became the second-most popular request on the chabal tetlh, and was revealed as HarqIn. This word no doubt honors Tom Harkin, who helped pass the Americans with disabilities Act. "Headphones" can either be DannI' (covers both ears and includes a band across head), or teS HablI' (described as like what Uhura wears). I researched and found out that Dany is a Pakistan-based headphone manufacturer.

None of the words requested in July were included in the update. Apparently, Okrand made his list in June.

We got a number of new chemical elements: aluminum, plutonium, mercury, sodium, titanium, calcium.

Some great puns: monQIv (algae) references Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff of The Importance of Being Earnest. SupDIng (Kronos' equivalent of cotton) is made out of Sup (to jump) and DIng (to spin), as in "Jump down, spin around, pick a bale o' cotton . . ." And ravngI' (furniture) Is Ingvar Kamprad's first name spelt backwards.

A number of other LCV words now have Klingon equivalents: "lawsuit", "to absorb", "esophagus", "mint", "porch", "to be wise", "dollar", "to stress, to emphasize", "seizure (epileptic)", "fair, circus", "oval", "(magic) trick", "scab", "teen, teen-ager, adolescent, youth, young adult", "thyroid", "counter", "lily", "pronoun", "curfew", "protein", "braid", "marble", "to reflect", "gluten", "to be turbulent", "to solve", "date" (as in going out with someone), "vinegar", "athlete", "trapezoid", "parent", "to nod", "sickle", "cream", "adverb(ial)", "to aim", "to be cool", "to tap", "gums", "nightmare", "to blush", "cherry", "pancreas", "common cold", "to be curly", "favor", "to blink", "gland", "Wales", "to be hollow", "to slap", "to be lonely", "RNA", "void", "freckle(s)", "squash/pumpkin", "by the way", "tumor", "drug", "peach/apricot", "dew", "base (alkali)", "spouse", and "spleen".

Thank you, Marc!

[Khemehekis]

Update: The new words have all been added to https://www.frathwiki.com/Klingon/lexicon (plus I got quite a lot of solid words for numbers to add!)

EDIT: This dictionary now has 4,432 entries.

[Khemehekis]

My two requests this go-round:

https://www.kli.org/chabal/jew/

https://www.kli.org/chabal/chromosome/

[eldin raigmore]

In the webcomic “Freefall”, one of the characters says “‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ sounds so much better in Klingon.”.
“What’s Opera, Doc?” is a Warner Bros. cartoon from the late or middle 1950s starring Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny.
Translating it —— or even its one original song —— into Klingon and then performing it, would be a major challenge!

Anyone up to it?

[Khemehekis]

In the webcomic “Freefall”, one of the characters says “‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ sounds so much better in Klingon.”.
“What’s Opera, Doc?” is a Warner Bros. cartoon from the late or middle 1950s starring Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny.
Translating it —— or even its one original song —— into Klingon and then performing it, would be a major challenge!

Anyone up to it?

My Klingon isn't good enough.

Meanwhile, here are a bunch of new words!

[Man in Space]

Meanwhile, here are a bunch of new words!

What’s the source on these?

[Khemehekis]

Meanwhile, here are a bunch of new words!

What’s the source on these?

http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepHom2020

[Man in Space]

http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepHom2020

Thank you!

[Khemehekis]

Thank you!

You're welcome!

I also found some words from the 2014 qepHom that weren't already in the Frathwiki Klingon dictionary, so I've added those too. Click on qepHom2014 at the box at the bottom of the 2020 qepHom page.

[eldin raigmore]

I tried the various online software translators on Eigill Skallagrimson’s
“My mother told me”
(English to Klingon, ‘cause I don’t know old Icelandic)
and they’re unstable to the point of incomprehensibility.
Can any of them do it? If so, which one? Is there a particular trick to getting a good translation?

The English source I used isn’t standard English; it’s the one most popular on YouTu.be, both from the Assassins’ Creed: Valhalla game, and the TV series “Vikings”.

My mother told me
One day I would buy
Galley with good oars
Sail to distant shores

Stand up high in the prow
Noble barque I steer
Steady course for the haven
Hew many foemen

....

If I just did it myself, manually, how would I know I’ve done it right?

....

By the way all the Turkish translations I’ve found have a lot of trouble with that last line, “hew many foemen”. They always translate it as a question.

[Khemehekis]

Lots of new words at http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa28 and http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepHom2021 .

My request "chromosome" got in at the qep'a'. The word for chromosome is roSmaH -- literally "we lick", a play on roSghaH (DNA), which translates as "he licks", as in the double helix. "X chromosome" is roSmaH bID, and "Y chromosome" is roSmaH pagh.

I also got my question as to whether be'Hom and loDHom can be used to mean "young woman" and "young man", as in the song "Boys Like You", answered at the qepHom. Turns out you just say be' and loD.

Other LCV words that you can now say in Klingon: "pepper (capsicum)", "to splash", "octopus/squid", "Korea", "hippopotamus", "focus (of camera/lens)", "honey", "to edit, to revise", "compound (chemical)", "pattern", "strap", "to scratch", "anemia", "to beep", "cabbage" or "lettuce", "Thailand", "grasshopper", "fin" or "flipper", "cartoon (animated)", "ant", "paragraph", "eclipse", "contact" or "encounter", "tentacle", "to straddle", "loan", "interest (on money)", "autistic", "gill", "hermit", "the Philippines", "ginger", "watermelon", "clam", "apartment", "jellyfish", "to moan, to groan", "to support", "to invest in", "ovary", "zinc", "politician", "unique", "bead", "whale/dolphin", "crab", "pomegranate", "X-ray", "to explore", "martyr", "terrorism", "Vietnam", "nickel", "texture", "nomad", "moss", "lens", "outlet", "prophet", "program" or "schedule", "braces", "spice", "camel", "cannabis", "sibling" "shrimp", "talent", "cobalt", "straight (hair)", "wavy", "petroleum, oil", "llama/alpaca", "blonde", and "bald".

[Khemehekis]

Lots of good requests for new Klingon words are up at the Wish List (chabal tetlh). If you register at kli.org (you can register as a guest for free), you can vote these words up or down. If the word request gets a high enough score, Marc Okrand will introduce a new Klingon word for it at the 2022 qep'a' this July. Last year, the magic number was 40.

Click on the links to vote on these words.

Plants, animals, and foods

kelp: https://www.kli.org/chabal/kelp/
hypha: https://www.kli.org/chabal/hypha/
almond: https://www.kli.org/chabal/almond/
fern: https://www.kli.org/chabal/fern/
herb: https://www.kli.org/chabal/herb/
lime: https://www.kli.org/chabal/lime/
oat: https://www.kli.org/chabal/oat/
olive: https://www.kli.org/chabal/olive-like-tree/
pea: https://www.kli.org/chabal/pea/
peanut: https://www.kli.org/chabal/peanut/
pine: https://www.kli.org/chabal/a-hardy-long ... ke-leaves/
poppy: https://www.kli.org/chabal/poppy/
sunflower: https://www.kli.org/chabal/sunflower/
tulip: https://www.kli.org/chabal/tulip/
bloom: https://www.kli.org/chabal/bloom/
hay: https://www.kli.org/chabal/hay/
anteater, sloth, armadillo (xenarthroid): https://www.kli.org/chabal/anteater-sloth-armadillo/
badger: https://www.kli.org/chabal/badger/
barnacle: https://www.kli.org/chabal/barnacle/
beaver: https://www.kli.org/chabal/beaver/
deer (cervinoid): https://www.kli.org/chabal/cervinoid/
giraffe: https://www.kli.org/chabal/giraffe/
Hellanian lynx: https://www.kli.org/chabal/hellanian-lynx/
kangaroo: https://www.kli.org/chabal/kangaroo/
rhinoceros, rhino: https://www.kli.org/chabal/rhinoceros-rhino/
starfish: https://www.kli.org/chabal/starfish/
livestock: https://www.kli.org/chabal/livestock/
ambrosia: https://www.kli.org/chabal/ambrosia/
casserole: https://www.kli.org/chabal/casserole/
dough, batter: https://www.kli.org/chabal/dough-batter/
formula (baby): https://www.kli.org/chabal/formula-baby/
kettle: https://www.kli.org/chabal/kettle/
pottery, china: https://www.kli.org/chabal/pottery-earthenware-china/
roast, grill, broil: https://www.kli.org/chabal/roast-grill-broil/
stove, oven: https://www.kli.org/chabal/stove-oven/
vanilla: https://www.kli.org/chabal/vanilla/
yogurt: https://www.kli.org/chabal/yogurt/

Human body, fitness, and sports

anus: https://www.kli.org/chabal/anus/
asthma: https://www.kli.org/chabal/asthma/
cerebral palsy: https://www.kli.org/chabal/cerebral-palsy/
cholesterol: https://www.kli.org/chabal/cholesterol/
coma: https://www.kli.org/chabal/coma/
dopamine: https://www.kli.org/chabal/dopamine/
hygiene: https://www.kli.org/chabal/hygiene/
lymph: https://www.kli.org/chabal/lymph/
be naked/nude: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-naked-nude/
needle: https://www.kli.org/chabal/needle/
scapula: https://www.kli.org/chabal/scapula/
serotonin: https://www.kli.org/chabal/serotonin/
tonsil: https://www.kli.org/chabal/tonsil/
pull-up: https://www.kli.org/chabal/pull-up/
yoga: https://www.kli.org/chabal/yoga/
bowling: https://www.kli.org/chabal/bowling-ninepins-tenpins/
golf: https://www.kli.org/chabal/golf/
stunt, feat: https://www.kli.org/chabal/stunt-feat/

Chemistry

ammonia: https://www.kli.org/chabal/ammonia/
catalyst, enzyme: https://www.kli.org/chabal/catalyst-enzyme/
isotope: https://www.kli.org/chabal/isotope/
magnesium: https://www.kli.org/chabal/magnesium/
methane: https://www.kli.org/chabal/methane/
potassium: https://www.kli.org/chabal/potassium/
unit of measurement for radioactive decay: https://www.kli.org/chabal/unit-of-meas ... ive-decay/

Geology and minerals

andesite: https://www.kli.org/chabal/andesite/
charcoal: https://www.kli.org/chabal/charcoal/
diamond: https://www.kli.org/chabal/diamond/
diorite: https://www.kli.org/chabal/diorite/
feldspar: https://www.kli.org/chabal/feldspar/
geode: https://www.kli.org/chabal/geode/
gravel: https://www.kli.org/chabal/gravel/
lapis lazuli: https://www.kli.org/chabal/lapis-lazuli/
mica: https://www.kli.org/chabal/mica/
nugget, chunk, clump: https://www.kli.org/chabal/nugget-chunk-clump/
smelt: https://www.kli.org/chabal/smelt/
splinter, shard: https://www.kli.org/chabal/splinter-shard/
tar: https://www.kli.org/chabal/tar/
terracotta: https://www.kli.org/chabal/terracotta/

Space and weather

aurora (borealis/australis): https://www.kli.org/chabal/aurora-borealis-australis/
pulsar: https://www.kli.org/chabal/pulsar/
will-o'-the-wisp: https://www.kli.org/chabal/will-o-the-wisp/

Physics and mathematics

momentum: https://www.kli.org/chabal/momentum/
complex/imaginary number: https://www.kli.org/chabal/complex-imaginary-number/
cosine: https://www.kli.org/chabal/cosine/
fractal: https://www.kli.org/chabal/fractal/
function: https://www.kli.org/chabal/function-mathematics/
be polynomial: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-polynomial/

Music and audio

be consonant: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-consonant/
microphone: https://www.kli.org/chabal/microphone/
note: https://www.kli.org/chabal/musical-note-tone/
ring, make musical sound: https://www.kli.org/chabal/ring-make-musical-sound/
xylophone: https://www.kli.org/chabal/xylophone/

Technology and engineering

capacitor: https://www.kli.org/chabal/capacitor/
diode: https://www.kli.org/chabal/diode/
fuse: https://www.kli.org/chabal/fuse-electronics/
helicopter: https://www.kli.org/chabal/helicopter/
latch: https://www.kli.org/chabal/latch/
pedal: https://www.kli.org/chabal/pedal/
piston: https://www.kli.org/chabal/piston/
spout: https://www.kli.org/chabal/spout/
tether, leash: https://www.kli.org/chabal/tether-leash/
transistor: https://www.kli.org/chabal/transistor/

Politics, law, and economics

bill, act: https://www.kli.org/chabal/bill-act/
bounty: https://www.kli.org/chabal/bounty/
capitalism: https://www.kli.org/chabal/capitalism/
confiscate: https://www.kli.org/chabal/confiscate/
judge: https://www.kli.org/chabal/judge/
monopoly: https://www.kli.org/chabal/monopoly/
probation: https://www.kli.org/chabal/probation/
socialism: https://www.kli.org/chabal/socialism/
surplus: https://www.kli.org/chabal/surplus/

School and education:

desk: https://www.kli.org/chabal/desk/
file, dossier, portfolio: https://www.kli.org/chabal/file-dossier-portfolio/
high school/secondary school: https://www.kli.org/chabal/high-school- ... education/
mascot: https://www.kli.org/chabal/mascot/

Religion

angel: https://www.kli.org/chabal/angel/
animism: https://www.kli.org/chabal/animism/
Buddhism: https://www.kli.org/chabal/buddhism/
Christianity: https://www.kli.org/chabal/christianity/
demon: https://www.kli.org/chabal/demon/
be holy, be sacred: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-holy-be-sacred/
incense: https://www.kli.org/chabal/incense/
Islam: https://www.kli.org/chabal/islaam-islam/
Jew: https://www.kli.org/chabal/jew/
shaman: https://www.kli.org/chabal/shaman/
teaching, precept (singular -- we already have the plural): https://www.kli.org/chabal/teaching-precept-singular/

Geography, ethnic groups, and languages

Esperanto: https://www.kli.org/chabal/esperanto/
Indonesia: https://www.kli.org/chabal/indonesia/
Iran, Persia: https://www.kli.org/chabal/iran-persia/
Iraq: https://www.kli.org/chabal/iraq/
isthmus: https://www.kli.org/chabal/isthmus/
Jew: https://www.kli.org/chabal/jew/
latitude/longitude: https://www.kli.org/chabal/latitude-longitude/
Lebanon: https://www.kli.org/chabal/lebanon/
migrate/immigrate/emigrate: https://www.kli.org/chabal/migrate-immigrate-emigrate/
Pakistan: https://www.kli.org/chabal/pakistan/
Palestine: https://www.kli.org/chabal/palestine/
Taiwan: https://www.kli.org/chabal/taiwan/
Ukraine: https://www.kli.org/chabal/ukraine/

Language and literature

cliché, trope, stereotype: https://www.kli.org/chabal/cliche-trope-stereotype/
conceptual vs. concrete words (clarification): https://www.kli.org/chabal/conceptual-w ... rete-word/
exclamation: https://www.kli.org/chabal/exclamation/
masterpiece: https://www.kli.org/chabal/masterpiece/
parody, caricature: https://www.kli.org/chabal/parody-caricature/
purr, trill: https://www.kli.org/chabal/purr-trill/
stutter, stammer: https://www.kli.org/chabal/stutter-stammer/

Emotion:

be curious: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-curious/
fancy, have a crush: https://www.kli.org/chabal/fancy-have-a-crush/
feeling, emotion: https://www.kli.org/chabal/feeling-emotion/
friendship: https://www.kli.org/chabal/friendship/
sulk, mope, pout: https://www.kli.org/chabal/sulk-mope-pout/

Clothing

diaper: https://www.kli.org/chabal/diaper/
face mask: https://www.kli.org/chabal/face-mask/
sequin, spangle: https://www.kli.org/chabal/sequin-spangle/
tassel: https://www.kli.org/chabal/tassel/

People

buffoon, laughingstock: https://www.kli.org/chabal/buffoon-laughingstock/
close friend (ungendered): https://www.kli.org/chabal/close-friend ... r-neutral/
gender, sex: https://www.kli.org/chabal/gender-sex/
be homosexual, be gay: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-homosexual-be-gay/
transgender: https://www.kli.org/chabal/transgender/
twin: https://www.kli.org/chabal/twin/
victim: https://www.kli.org/chabal/victim/

Pertinent to Klingon culture

acid punk: https://www.kli.org/chabal/acid-punk/
backpfeifengesicht: https://www.kli.org/chabal/backpfeifengesicht/
civilian: https://www.kli.org/chabal/civilian/
commando: https://www.kli.org/chabal/commando/
corps, team, division: https://www.kli.org/chabal/corps-team-division/
experience bloodlust: https://www.kli.org/chabal/to-experience-bloodlust/
infiltrate: https://www.kli.org/chabal/infiltrate/
in formation: https://www.kli.org/chabal/in-formation/
be relentless, be indefatigable: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-relentless-indefatigable/
be unavenged: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-unavenged/

Highly useful general words

assume: https://www.kli.org/chabal/assume/
be busy, be occupied: https://www.kli.org/chabal/be-busy-be-occupied/
compare: https://www.kli.org/chabal/compare/
fellow x, co-X: https://www.kli.org/chabal/fellow-x-co-x/
rinse: https://www.kli.org/chabal/rinse/
rub: https://www.kli.org/chabal/rub-rub-off-abrade-polish/
wipe: https://www.kli.org/chabal/wipe/

Idioms

like a fish out of water: https://www.kli.org/chabal/like-a-fish-out-of-water/
wear one's heart on one's sleeve: https://www.kli.org/chabal/wear-ones-he ... es-sleeve/

What would such a Klingon word mean?

loQHa': https://www.kli.org/chabal/loqha/
tlhoyHa': https://www.kli.org/chabal/tlhoyha/

Open-ended requests:

criminal term with the morpheme -mang: https://www.kli.org/chabal/criminal-ter ... heme-mang/
name of constellation: https://www.kli.org/chabal/name-of-constellation/
name of Hur'q-era Klingon historical figure: https://www.kli.org/chabal/name-of-hurq ... al-figure/
name of Klingon deity: https://www.kli.org/chabal/name-of-klingon-deity/
name of pre-Kahless mythic hero: https://www.kli.org/chabal/name-of-pre- ... thic-hero/
partnership/companionship term with the morpheme -qay: https://www.kli.org/chabal/partnership- ... pheme-qay/
political/governmental term with the morpheme -tuy: https://www.kli.org/chabal/political-go ... pheme-tuy/
social term with the morpheme -no': https://www.kli.org/chabal/social-term- ... rpheme-no/
socio-historical term with the morpheme -qeq: https://www.kli.org/chabal/socio-histor ... pheme-qeq/