[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DuSaQ

[Steven Boozer]

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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 21, 2011
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> Klingon word: DuSaQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: school

HQ 4.4:11:  The most general word for school (a place for learning) is {DuSaQ}. A specialized school, perhaps translatable as "academy", is {'ampaS}. An organization dedicated to scholastic pursuits or research is a {yejHaD} "institute" or "institution" or a {yej'an} "society". The distinction between {yejHaD} and {yej'an} is not clear, though the former is usually - but not always -used for larger organizations.

FYI the Klingon Language Institute (KLI) is {tlhIngan Hol yejHaD}.

AFAIK Okrand has never used {DuSaQ} in a sentence, but the industrious Glen Proechel created several phrases in his ILS materials:

  tlhIngan Hol DuSaQ     KLINGON LANGUAGE SCHOOL
  Hovmey joj Hol DuSaQ   INTERSTELLAR LANGUAGE SCHOOL (ILS)
  DuSaQ jen              HIGH SCHOOL 
  DuSaQ lupwI'           SCHOOL BUS 
  rIn DuSaQ              "SCHOOL'S OUT"


Many of us use *{DuSaQ'a'} for "university".


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