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

[André Müller]

Oh yes, now that you mention it, he has told this story several times
before. I didn't think if the context, and when I translate or write
anything in Klingon, I always use {joH}. So yeah, it's really a
coincidence. But a nice one.

I'll put it into my list of pseudo-cognates between language (unrelated and
unborrowed words in 2 language with the same meaning and the same
pronunciation, like Persian and English 'bad', the most famous example.
 On Feb 7, 2015 11:59 PM, "nIqolay Q" <niqolay0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it might just be a coincidence. IIRC, the behind-the-scenes
> story for {jaw} is that the actress playing Valkris couldn't pronounce
> some of the Klingon words right, so MO just retconned her
> mispronunciation of {joH} into a synonym. I believe this is the same
> reason why there are two words for "yes", {HIja'} and {HISlaH}.
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 10:34 AM, André Müller <esperantist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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
> >>
> >> Klingon word: jaw
> >> Part of speech: noun
> >> Definition: lord
> >> Source: TKD (90 KE, 123 EK)
> >>
> >>
> >> This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh
> >> (qurgh at wizage.net).
> >>
> >>
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