tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 05 17:52:20 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: jIj (verb)
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: jIj (verb)
- Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 10:52:05 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Holtej, ja':
>Klingon word: jIj
>Part of Speech: verb Definition: be cooperative Source: KGT (217 KE,
>238 EK) Swedish: vara samarbetsvillig
>Homonyms:
> jIj (verb) - cooperate
I suspect that {jIj} "to cooperate" probably isn't a separate word, but that
the KGT entry is merely a clarification of the entry in TKD. I've just
realised, also, that the extended meaning of "to be cooperative", implying
that {jIj} is stative in nature, gives us a way to make sense of the
compound {yuQjIjDIvI'} "United Federation of Planets": originally {yuQ jIj
DIvI'} "cooperative planets' federation".
Going into the realm of speculation, I wonder whether {DIvI'} might
ultimately be related somehow to the verb {vI'} "to accumulate"? Perhaps
{DIvI'} "we accumulated them"?
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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