nuq
nuq è una parola Klingon (parola interrogativa) che significa «cosa?».
Significato
cosa?
Pronuncia
Pronuncia nuq lettera per lettera:
- nnn as in 'nay'
- uuu as in 'boot'
- qqʰk far back in the throat, aspirated
Frasi di esempio
- Duj ghoStaH nuq What is coming toward the ship? [TKD 6.4/p.69]
- nuq legh yaS What does the officer see? [TKD 6.4/p.69]
- Both 'Iv and nuq are treated as nouns as far as the pronominal prefixes are concerned. That is, they are considered third person. [TKD 6.4/p.69]
Note d'uso
Dochvam nuq what is this (thing)? [CK]; qaStaH nuq what is happening? [TKD p.177]; acts as pronoun
nuq works as a pronoun (i.e. it can act as either a noun or a verb meaning what is …?) -- this means it probably can't be used in noun-noun constructions. A phrase like Dargh Segh nuq DaneH? would ungrammatical, as nuq would be interpreted as a verb, making the first part of the phrase mean what is the kind of tea? (not what kind of tea). The whole phrase is better rephrased as Dargh Segh DaneHbogh yIngu'!
Fonte
TKD
Originariamente raccolto da klingonska.org e arricchito da lingoXpress.