[Tlhingan-hol] Sepmey

[Steven Boozer]

Here's the only mention of No'hvadut in KGT:

KGT 26:  In a divergence from the majority of Klingon dialects, the speakers of Sakrej and No'hvadut ({noHva'Dut}) do not follow this pattern. In these dialects, there is no reforming of the sentences for toasts; the subject always follows the verb.

I took it to be a region, too.  {Sa'Qej} is a region and AFAIK the various dialects Okrand discusses are usually named after regions or off-world colonies/settlements (e.g. Morska) - with the exception of the city of Ruk'evet:

KGT 17:  On rare occasion, a place's name can be traced to an individual or family, such as ... {ruq'e'vet} (Ruk'evet), a city in the {ghevchoq} Sep (Gevchok region), named for a warrior (whether actual or mythological is a matter of dispute) who singlehandedly defeated an invading force.

KGT 30:  while the verb {ghIH} means "be messy, sloppy" in {ta' Hol} and in most dialects, in the towns near Ruk'evet ({ruq'e'vet}), {ghIH} means "be careless". The more widespread word for "be careless" is {yepHa'}, and this word is used in addition to {ghIH} in the Ruk'evet area. To say "be messy, sloppy", the Ruk'evet inhabitants say {Soy'}, a verb meaning "be clumsy" elsewhere. The Ruk'evet word for "be clumsy" is {jat}, which is phonetically identical to the noun meaning "tongue".


Perhaps this is just a minor variation in vocabulary - e.g. "submarine" vs. "hero" sandwich, "soda" vs. "pop" vs. "coke", etc. in the U.S.  Merely a bit of local Ruk'evet color, but not enough to rise to the level of a dialect with its own variant grammar.


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


From: De'vID jonpIn [mailto:de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com]


loghaD:
> Though it's not in the glossary section, KGT mentions No'hvadut (noHva'Dut).

'ach Sep pong 'oH'a'?  chaq yoS veng ghap neH 'oH.

{noHva'Dut} rur {taq'ev}.  KGTDaq tu'lu' 'ach mu'tay'HomDajDaq tu'lu'be'.  Sep 'oH {taq'ev}'e' vISovbe'.

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