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qelI'qam

qelI'qam è una parola Klingon (sostantivo) che significa «kellicam (unità di lunghezza)».

Significato

kellicam (unità di lunghezza)

Categoria grammaticale
sostantivo
Pronuncia
qʰɛlɪʔqʰɑm
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Pronuncia

Pronuncia qelI'qam lettera per lettera:

  • qqʰk far back in the throat, aspirated
  • eɛe as in 'bed'
  • lll as in 'lay'
  • Iɪi as in 'bit'
  • 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
  • qqʰk far back in the throat, aspirated
  • aɑa as in 'father'
  • mmm as in 'moon'

Frasi di esempio

  • qelI'qam Unit of measurement roughly akin to two kilometers. Sometimes Anglicized as kellicam. [First used in <Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.>] [DI p.244]

Note d'uso

about 2 km

In TKD translated as "kellicam (n)", added "unit of length" for clarity here. TKD E-K has a quite obvious misspelling of the Klingon word as *quelI'qam.

Fonte

TKD; STE

Originariamente raccolto da klingonska.org e arricchito da lingoXpress.