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New Klingonists often ask how to say their names in Klingon. Today I
found this document buried deep in a directory where it shouldn't have
been. It was my worksheet when I was trying to decide on my own Klingon
name.<br><br>
My Human name is Robyn, which supposedly means "shining bright with
fame". In 1996 (nine years after I first started studying Klingon!)
I wrote the following:<br>
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<i>playing with the meaning<br>
</i>noylIjmo’ wov - she shines on account of her fame (assuming I may
stretch the rules this once and noun a verb)<br>
bochwI’ - shining one<br>
noywI’ - famous one<br>
wovwI’ - bright one<br>
wov - she is bright<br><br>
<i>playing with the sounds, and some interesting puns<br>
</i>ra’be’ yIn - life does not command her<br>
gho’be’ yIn - life doesn’t step on her<br>
ra’ bel - pleasure commands her <br>
ra’ be’ - the woman commands <br>
wa’ be’ - one woman<br>
wo’ bang - empire’s beloved<br>
wo’ be’ - woman of the empire<br><br>
<i>rejects</i> <br>
boch - she shines<br>
ru’be’ - she endures (i.e. she is not temporary)<br>
noy - she is famous<br>
ro’peng - torpedo fist<br>
qabelqanqmoH - I am willing to please you<br>
reH bel - she is always pleased<br>
qab ’ang - she reveals a face<br>
rebaH - we fire on y’all<br>
ro’ be’ - woman of the fist<br>
ra’ min - the eye commands<br>
rar min - the eye connects <br>
ra’ bang - love commands her <br>
ro’ bIng<br>
rojbe’ - she makes no peace<br>
roj be’ - woman of peace <br><br>
<i>interpretations<br>
</i>re- we--you<br>
ra’ - to order, command<br>
rar - to connect<br>
ral -to be violent <br>
ro - trunk of body<br>
roj - make peace, peace<br>
roS - to lick<br>
qab- to be bad<br>
qab - face<br>
lob - to obey<br>
be’ - woman<br>
bong - accidentally<br>
bang - loved one, love <br>
bIng - area below <br>
ben - years ago<br>
mIn - eye <br>
yIn - to live, life<br>
yon - be satisfied<br>
yong - to get in<br>
‘ong - to be sly, cunning<br>
‘ang -to show, to reveal<br>
nong - be passionate<br>
wo’ - empire<br>
ro’ - fist<br>
gho - circle<br>
gho’ - to step on <br>
ru’ - to be temporary<br>
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As you can see I looked at the meanings and sounds, and roughly
approximate sounds ("gh" is close to "r" in the mouth
of a French speaker, and it can sound a bit like q, too). In the end I
went with wovwI', and (most people know the rest of the story) later
changed the beginning to Q, so it matched the K- named Klingons John M
Ford wrote about, and then dropped the resultingly meaningless -wI'. Not
sure if resultingly has been a word before, but English is a secure
enough language that it won't hurt it for me to make up new
ones.<br><br>
- Robyn</body>
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