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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   netlh
> Part of speech: num
> Definition:     ten thousand

AFAIK never used in a sentence.

netlh DIS poH	  a period of 10,000 years (myriad)
 
Okrand on time periods (HQ 8.3:3):

  With longer time periods, such as a century ({vatlh DIS
  poH}), millennium ({SaD DIS poH}), or a period of 10,000
  years (myriad, perhaps) ({netlh DIS poH}), the words {ret}
  or {pIq} may be used in place of {poH}, e.g., {cha' vatlh
  DIS poH} "two centuries", but {cha' vatlh DIS ret} "two
  centuries ago". 

Ten thousand years is a nice round number which is a bit over-used in television sci-fi.  In Trek for example:

There had been no development of Organia's culture in tens of thousands of years. (TOS "Errand of Mercy")

"Think of it, as we sit here, in space above us the destiny of the galaxy will be decided for the next ten thousand years." (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy")

As the "Controller" of the underground city on Sigma Draconis VI, Spock's brain "will last for 10,000 years". Kara said that there "will not be another for 10,000 years". (TOS "Spock's Brain")

And over in the "Stargate" universe, the Ancients (as well as their starship-city of Atlantis) disappeared some 10,000 years ago.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons