tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 08 13:52:21 1998
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Re: muj & Qagh
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: muj & Qagh
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:46:25 -0500 (CDT)
: Matthew wrote:
: >I the dictionary file I have compiled from various places, both {muj} and
: >{Qagh} are listed as 'wrong'. Do the both mean wrong as in mistaken? or
: >immoral? or one of each?
:
: /muj/ means to be wrong about a fact, /Qagh/ means to make an error.
: If you made a /Daqtagh/ without the side blades, that would be /Qagh/.
: If you thought you could still use it in a knife fight, that would be /muj/.
:
: -- ter'eS
muj "be wrong" (v.)
- NO EXAMPLES IN CANON.
Qagh "to err, be mistaken, make a mistake" (v.)
- Qagh yaS wa'DIch
The first officer errs. KGT
- jIQaghpu'
I have made a mistake. KGT
Cf. the homonymous noun {Qagh} "error, mistake":
- QaghHommeyHeylIjmo'
due to your apparent minor errors TKD
- QaghwIj vIQIj 'e' yIchaw'neS
Permit me to explain my mistake, your Honor. PK
- QaghmeylIj tIchID, yIyoH
Have the courage to admit your mistakes. TKW
And don't forget...
bachHa' "err, make a mistake (slang)" (v.) KGT
["I was talking with Marc about this yesterday. I mentioned that the only
problem with the {bachHa'} error in the book was that it was, by definition,
canonical. I could hear him smiling over the phone as he said, 'But that's
only in the Klingon to English side. It's correct the other way'." (Lawrence)]
- jIbachHa'pu'
I have made a mistake (slang: "I have mis-shot") KGT
Not to mention that one can also say {lughbe'} "not be right, not be
correct" and {qarbe'} "not be accurate", etc.
--
Voragh "Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons lis est." Horace (Ars Poetica)