tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 21 07:32:02 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: SIgh (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, August 20, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: SIgh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: influence
Used in canon:
reH DuSIgh vavlI'
Your father is a part of you always. TKW
Note the slang term {moH} "exert undue influence on (somebody, something)":
The verb {moH} (literally, "be ugly") normally does not take an
object. In its slang meaning, however, it is used only if there
is an object, as if it were "(somebody) uglies (somebody)". For
example, it is found in such expressions as {DamoH} ("You exert
undue influence on him/her"; literally, "You ugly him/her").
The word {bImoH}, with the prefix {bI-} ("you [no object]"),
can mean only "You are ugly". The slang usage of {moH} is pro-
bably influenced by the verb suffix {-moH} ("cause"), as in
{mevmoH} ("cause [someone] to stop"--(compare {mev}, "[someone]
stops"). In standard Klingon, the verb meaning "influence" is
{SIgh}. (KGT 154)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons