tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 07 07:44:05 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: taDmoH (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, December 7, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: taDmoH
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: freeze
Used in canon:
yItaD'eghmoH
Freeze yourself! ("Cause yourself to be frozen!" KGT
Discussed by Okrand:
These are idiomatic ways to give the command "Don't move!" The
word {yItaD} is used when speaking to an individual; {petaD} is
used when giving the command to a group. The verb {taD} means
"be frozen", and it is used here in a peculiar, though not
really ungrammatical, way. Generally, when a verb describing a
state of being (for example, {tuj} ["be hot"]) is used in the
imperative form, the suffixes {-'egh} (reflexive suffix) and
{-moH} (cause) are used as well: {yItuj'eghmoH} ("Heat yourself!"
--that is, "Cause yourself to be hot!"), {yItaD'eghmoH!} ("Freeze
yourself!"--that is, "Cause yourself to be frozen!"). When {taD}
is used in the idiomatic sense of "not move", however, it is
treated as if a verb describing an activity, such as {yIt}
("walk"): {yIyIt!} ("Walk!"). (KGT 117)
Related verbs:
{bIr} be cold; {peD} to snow; {tet} melt
Related nouns:
{chuch} ice
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons