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RE: Klingon WOTD: nobHa' (v)

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

> > This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, April 10, 2004.
> >
> > Klingon word:   nobHa'
> > Part of Speech: verb
> > Definition:     give back, return
> >
> > Additional Notes:
> > TKW p. 189, KGT.

As used in canon:

   Huch nobHa'bogh verenganpu''e' yIvoqQo'
   Don't trust Ferengi who give back money. TKW

> > Opposite of {nob}.

Don't confuse {nobHa'} "return, give back" with {tatlh} "return 
(something)" or {chegh} "return (to a place)":

   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."
   [st.klingon July 1999]




-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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