Esperanto
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Etymology
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From English Klingon, from the Star Trek franchise.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [klinˈɡono]
- Audio:
- Rhymes: -ono
- Hyphenation: klin‧go‧no
klingono (accusative singular klingonon, plural klingonoj, accusative plural klingonojn)
- (uncountable) the Klingon language
1997 July 17, GuntersDX, “Klingono”, in soc.culture.esperanto[1] (Usenet), message-ID <19970717050800.BAA18364@ladder01.news.aol.com>:La klingono ne estas la lingvo por homoj.- Klingon is not the language for people [humans].
2000 January 25, Klivo, “Re: Romanovacxo! Kia malbela!”, in soc.culture.esperanto[2] (Usenet), message-ID <86j63l$itd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:Ankau, mi foje audas pri Esperantistoj kiuj dedichas sian tempon al Klingono, Lojhbano, kaj aliaj lingvoj.- Also, I sometimes hear about Esperantists who dedicate their time to Klingon, Lojban, and other languages.
2003 May 14, Tonyo del Barrio, “Laborposteno en klingono”, in soc.culture.esperanto[3] (Usenet), message-ID <b9tu5f$fl7$1@lumo.pacujo.net>:Oregona mensmalsanulejo bezonas interpretiston de klingono- Oregon mental hospital needs Klingon interpreter
- (usually in the plural) a Klingon (member of a fictional extraterrestrial warrior race in the Star Trek universe)
Bonvolu, Ŝipestro, ne antaŭ la klingonoj.- Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons.
1997 September 25, Magnulus, “Re: Anything, anyone, anywhere?”, in soc.culture.esperanto[4] (Usenet), message-ID <19970925173301.NAA25171@ladder02.news.aol.com>:Ofte, la klingonoj ne parolas bone ankaux.- Often, the Klingons don't speak [Klingon] well too.
2001 January 1, Ferdinand Cesarano, “Re: is klingon difficult to learn ?”, in alt.startrek[5] (Usenet), message-ID <6831-3A50E44E-20@storefull-125.iap.bryant.webtv.net>:Kiam la Klingonoj skribas sian lingvon, ili uzas sian propran alfabeton.- When the Klingons write their language, they use their own alphabet.
2003 April 3, Don Harlow, “Re: El New Scientist”, in soc.culture.esperanto[6] (Usenet), message-ID <<3AC984EB.27727.141ECE22@localhos>:Pli precize, 37 estajxoj -- laux la fotajxoj evidentas, ke parto de la partoprenantoj estis ne homoj sed klingonoj ...- More precisely, 37 beings -- as the photos show, some of the participants were not people [humans] but Klingons.
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