tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 08 12:04:41 2003

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Re: ghuHmoH

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

At 10:17 AM Friday 8/8/03, you wrote:
>ghItlh SuStel:
> > I believe I've found an instance of canon evidence that demonstrates my
> > interpretation of -moH, that "subject causes object to verb."
> >
> > -----
> > SkyBox card S31: Hegh bey
> >
> > When a Klingon warrior dies or is killed, other Klingons may perform a
> > ceremonial howl or yell as part of the Klingon death ritual.  The eyes of
> > the fallen Klingon are opened and other roar in a great crescendo.  This
> > yell is victorious in nature, rather than mournful and also serves to warn
> > the other dead that a Klingon warrior is coming.
> >
> > HeghDI' tlhIngan SuvwI' pagh tlhIngan SuvwI' HoHlu'DI' Heghtay lulop latlh
> > tlhInganpu'.  Heghtay luloptaHvIS chaH chaq bey SeQ lujach.  Heghpu'bogh
> > tlhIngan mInDu' lupoSmoHlu'.  beyHom bey bey'a' jachtaH latlh tlhInganpu'.
> > yay 'oS bey.  'IQ pagh.  Heghpu'bogh latlhpu' ghuHmoH bey.  ghoS tlhIngan
> > SuvwI' maq.
> > -----
> >
> > The key sentence here is the penultimate one.  First, /ghuH/ "prepare for,
> > be alerted to" is definitely a transitive verb.  This is evidenced both in
> > the definition, and in canon: TKW p. 56, /tlhIngan quv DatIchDI' Seng
> > yIghuH/ "When you insult a Klingon's honor, prepare for trouble."

ter'eS:
>Wow, good find. I've got to concede this one to you.  However, I think the
>jury is still out on its ultimate significance.

Note also:

   ropyaH yIghuHmoH!
   [Alert the infirmary!] ST6 (untranslated)



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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