tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 14 15:33:51 1998
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"da laffin tlhIngan"
: (btw how would one translate "the laughing Klingon" ? I've done it
: halfway as "da laffin tlhIngan", but in places like the list it'd probably
: look better in complete Hol)
:
: KirneH :>
Several ways, depending on your meaning:
Haghbogh tlhIngan "the Klingon who laughs" (in general)
HaghlaHbogh tlhIngan "the Klingon who can laugh"
HaghtaHbogh tlhIngan "the Klingon who is laughing"
{Hagh} "laugh" as used by Okrand:
Hagh qoHpu' neH HeghtaHvIS SuvwI'pu'.
Only fools laugh while warriors die. PK
cheqotlhchugh maHaghbe''a'
Tickle us, do we not laugh? TKW
Also consider {tlhaQ} "be funny", {Dogh} "be foolish, be silly", {qID} "joke,
make a joke, tell a joke", {vaq} "mock" and {nuS} "ridicule".
Who knew Klingons had such a sense of humor?
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Voragh
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Ca'Non Master of the Klingons lis est."
Horace (Ars Poetica)