t’hy’la : a Vulcan word that can mean friend, brother, or lover

The T’hy’la Bang is an all-inclusive Kirk/Spock big bang where writers and artists create works in the AOS, TOS, and/or mirror universes. We’re in our sixth round!

—about t’hy’la

The Vulcan word t’hy’la was coined by Gene Roddenberry in the 1979 Motion Picture novelization. Spock used it to describe his relationship to Kirk.

The novelization’s footnote defines t’hy’la to be the closet Vulcan approximation to our word “friend” and can also mean brother or lover.

(We have no idea how to pronounce it.)

"This simple feeling..." / Kirk and Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture

"This simple feeling..." / Kirk and Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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