tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 09:55:47 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tatlh (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, December 16, 2002.
>
>Klingon word: tatlh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: return (something)
Okrand discussed {tatlh} on startrek.klingon (7/99):
A different verb, {tatlh}, is used for "return" in the sense of returning a
library book or returning a weapon to the weapons rack. If someone were
to say
something like "I return the plate to the table," the appropriate verb
would be
{tatlh}:
{raSDaq jengva' vItatlh} "I return the plate to the table."
Though not common, it is also possible to use {tatlh} with the reflexive
suffix
{-'egh} ("do something to oneself") to convey a meaning similar to that
of {chegh}:
{pa'Daq jItatlh'egh} "I return to the room"
... The {tatlh'egh} form seems to suggest that the doer of the action is
forcing
himself/herself to do something, perhaps because it is difficult or not
desirable.
Cf. also {nobHa'} "give back, return":
Huch nobHa'bogh verenganpu''e' yIvoqQo'
Don't trust Ferengi who give back money. TKW
--
Voragh "All the meaning is in the context."
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons (Ilya Kabakov, Russian artist)