tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 01 10:20:32 2005
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RE: Klingon WOTD: na' (verb)
- From: "d'Armond Speers, Ph.D." <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon WOTD: na' (verb)
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:20:22 -0700
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> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, January 30, 2005.
> >
> >Klingon word: na'
> >Part of Speech: verb
> >Definition: be sure, definite, positive, certain (slang)
> >
> >Synonyms: bej
> >Homonyms:
> > na' (verb) - be salty, brackish (slang)
>
> As discussed in KGT:
>
> The word {na'} literally means "be salty", but its slang
> usage is probably influenced by the noun suffix {-na'}
> ("definite"), which is used when the speaker wants to indi-
> cate that he or she is absolutely sure about what is being
> said (compare {maghwI'} "traitor", and {maghwI'na'} "definite
> traitor, without a doubt a traitor").
Please note, as was pointed out to me, the "salty, brackish" meaning is
*not* slang; I have it mis-labeled as slang above.
> Voragh
--Holtej
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