wo' tay'
wo' tay' is a word (noun) in Klingon meaning ‘United Kingdom, UK’.
Meaning
United Kingdom, UK
Pronunciation
Sound out wo' tay' letter by letter:
- www as in 'way'
- ooo as in 'go'
- 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
- ttʰstrongly aspirated t
- aɑa as in 'father'
- yjy as in 'yes'
- 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
Example sentences
- wo' tay' tlhInganpu' maH! We are U.K. Klingons! (We are together Empire Klingons!) [RT]
Usage notes
UK is translated wo' tay' in RT (in 1996) and tuqjIjQa' in TNK (in 2011). Both translations are likely to be acceptable (just different ways of saying the same thing) but tuqjIjQa' (being later, and coming from a more well-known source) is likely the better known of the two.
Source
RT
Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.