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wo' tay'

wo' tay' is a word (noun) in Klingon meaning ‘United Kingdom, UK’.

Meaning

United Kingdom, UK

Part of speech
noun
Pronunciation
woʔtʰɑjʔ
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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.