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

[André Müller]

It just occurred to me that "jaw" might be another pun, or a nice
coincidence.

In Thai and several other Tai-Kadai languages such as Shan, the word for
lord is indeed "jao", pronounced just like the Klingon word (well, almost):
<เจ้า> [tɕâːw] vs. <jaw> [dʒɑw].
The beginning consonant in Thai sounds pretty similar to the Klingon {j},
although it's voiceless.

I wonder if it was intentional (as with <lung> being identical in
pronunciation to the Mandarin Chinese word for dragon), or if it's a
coincidence...

Greetings from {bangqoq} (or rather: {qungtep maHa'naqon}),
- André
On Feb 7, 2015 10:02 PM, "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:

> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 07, 2015
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> Klingon word: jaw
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: lord
> Source: TKD (90 KE, 123 EK)
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