[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SaHHa'

[qurgh lungqIj]

No one paid Okrand, I just asked for his advice. I had already considered
the terms he replied with, he simply confirmed them for me.

Some people like to collect what Okrand says, because the information
contained often allows them to better answer questions when asked by other
students. I do not understand why you would consider the collection of
information about the language a bad thing.

I don't maintain any kind of "offical lexicon" nor am I attempting to, and
as far as I know, there isn't one right now (since the KLI has failed to
continue the process). All we have is a bunch of people with their own
personal dictionaries built with different goals in mind. I build mine with
the goal of making it as easy as possible for people to locate words, so I
include all possible meanings even if they aren't root words (etc chenmoH,
parHa', Qochbe', QuchHa', etc). Since my KWOTD pulls random words from my
dictionary, it includes these non-root words.

qurgh


On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:54 AM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <
lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the kind of thing that made me wince back when I maintained the
> New Words List. What are we trying to do here? Are we trying to collect a
> lexicon toward the mission of giving people a useful set of tools to
> express meaning using the language, or are we just trying to collect
> everything Okrand says?
>
> Okrand has conflicting missions. On one hand, he works to create a
> remarkably versatile and functional language. On the other hand, he gets
> paid by people who say, “Gimme a word for an animal that this guy pulls out
> of his pocket who represents apathy!”
>
> So, he fulfills what he’s paid to do and then we are left to decide
> whether this is a throwaway term improvised to handle a unique request, or
> if it is something deserving of a spot in the official lexicon. I’m sure
> that editors of the OED face the same problem every day.
>
> And, I am delighted to not have to make this decision.
>
> pItlh.
>
> lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
> Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably
>
> On Feb 14, 2014, at 10:31 AM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 14.02.2014 16:01, schrieb qurgh lungqIj:
>>
>>  Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 14, 2014
>>>
>>> Klingon word: SaHHa'
>>>
>> ...
>>
>>> Source: Marc Okrand
>>>
>>
>> Really? ...Duh!  ;- )
>>
>>
> That means it came directly from him (via a Facebook mail) and not via a
> published source. Here's what he said:
>
> For "apathy" and "corruption," since they're animals pulled out of a
> pocket (if I remember correctly), he went with:
>
> "apathy" (or "apathy creature") - {SaHHa'wI'} "one who is not concerned"
> or pIlHa'wI' "unmotivated one" (that doesn't work well in this sans serif
> Facebook typeface!).
>
> "corruption" (or "corruption creature") - {quvHa'wI'} "dishonored one"
>
> If it works better to to have concepts rather than beings/animals for
> these words, he offered:
>
> "apathy"  {SeHHa'ghach}  ("disinterest")
> "corruption" {quvHa'ghach}  ("dishonor")
>
> qurgh
>
>
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