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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 20, 2012
> 
> Klingon word: logh
> Part of speech: num
> Definition: repetition suffix (e.g. twice)

Language notes: 

TKD 55:  Adding {-logh} to a number gives the notion of repetitions. {wa'logh} once, {cha'logh} twice, {Hutlogh} nine times. These numbers function in the sentence as adverbials (section 5.4).

Okrand extended this to {paghlogh} "zero times" and {Hochlogh} "all times" in KGT:

KGT 178:  The suffix {-logh}, when attached to numbers, is used to count the number of instances of something: {wa'logh} (once), {cha'logh} (twice), {vaghlogh} (five times). When {-logh} is attached to {pagh} (zero), the resulting form, {paghlogh} (zero times) is used as an emphatic alternate for {not} (never), as in {paghlogh jegh tlhIngan SuvwI'} ("a Klingon warrior surrenders zero times") ... compare "not jegh tlhIngan SuvwI'} ("a Klingon warrior never surrenders"). Similarly, when {-logh} is attached to {Hoch} (all), the resulting word, {Hochlogh} (all times), is used in the same way as {reH} (always), as in {Hochlogh no' yIquvmoH} ("All times honor your ancestors"...); compare {reH no' yIquvmoH} ("Always honor your ancestors").

... and then to {'arlogh} "how many times?" on startrek.klingon:

'arlogh wab Qoylu'pu'? 
How many times has someone heard the sound? 
How many times has the sound been heard?
(i.e. What time is it?) [st.k 2/99]

qen 'arlogh Qoylu'pu'? 
Recently, how many times has someone heard it? 
(i.e. What time is it?) [st.k 2/99]


There is no apparent connection between the suffix {-logh} and the element *{logh} found in {logh} "(outer) space", {mIllogh} "picture, image, (visual) depiction", {nawlogh} "squadron", and {paSlogh} "socks".


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons