[Tlhingan-hol] new word found

lojmIt tI'wI' nuv lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com
Mon Oct 24 07:16:02 PDT 2011


Perhaps Okrand's experience with Simon and Schuster has included episodes he would describe as "severe".

lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:

> Quvar:
>> Rather accidentally, I found a word I had not seen before. The
>> publisher of the new *paq'batlh* has a company with no name. The
>> name is just "publisher" in every language. Including Klingon :-)
>> The publisher was so kind to pass me a line he received from Marc
>> Okrand:
>> 
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<
>> the Klingon phrase for "publishing house" is Se'vIr malja'. Se'vIr
>> is a publication of any kind (print or otherwise); it's a new word.
>> malja' means "business."
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> Cool.  There's got to be a pun in {Se'vIr} but I can't see it!
> 
> Other useful words from the {Se'vIr malja'} - or book trade - include:
> 
>  {ghItlh}     	manuscript
>  {paq} 	   	book
>  {mem} 	   	catalog
>  {malja' per}	trademark
> 
> For "issue (of magazine)" people have used {chovnatlh} "specimen" (KLI < Starfleet Academy #18 [special Klingon issue]) or {jabbI'ID} "data transmission" (Star Trek Communicator #104 [Aug-Sep 1995) special Klingon issue]):
> 
> jarvam chovnatlh  current issue
> wen chovnatlh     past issues (i.e. of Qo'noS QonoS) KLI
> 
> tlhIngan jabbI'ID le' Special Klingon issue
> (Star Trek Communicator #104)
> 
> {per} "label" has been used for "title" and {qonwI'} or {gherwI'} for "author".
> 
> {nargh} "escape, eject; appear" has often been used by the KLI and on this list for "publish".
> 
> And, as always, let's not forget that:
> 
> Paramount Pictures malja' permey bIH Star Trek pong'e' Deghmey'e' je. 
> "Star Trek" and related marks are trademarks of Paramount Pictures.
> (SkyBox Copyright)
> 
> 
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> 
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