[Tlhingan-hol] Borg naming convention, assimulation

[Steven Boozer]

De'vID:
>> I'm pretty sure this would've come up on the list before, but how
>> does one go about expression the typical Borg designation in
>> Klingon?  For example, Seven of Nine?  {Hut Soch} is ambiguous
>> (does it mean "9-7"?).

ghunchu'wI':
> I'd put in the missing noun and say {Hut borgh Soch} "Borg number
> seven of nine" or "number seven of nine borg." Maybe I would not
> transliterate "Borg", instead choosing something like {Dol}: {vagh Dol
> wejDIch} "third entity of five."

Another option:  use the separator {DoD} "mark" (in coordinates):  {Soch DoD Hut}.  It's not a translation of "NUMBER1 of NUMBER 2" - which is what De'vID was curious about - but it does have the advantage of being short enough to use as a designation.

We've used {DoD} for things other than coordinates before on the list, e.g. section numbers in TKD:

  {vI'} is specifically "decimal point". The dot in "TKD 3.3.5"
  is merely a separator; I think {DoD} is more appropriate here
  (even if it might be a colloquialism)."    [ghunchu'wI']

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