tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 03 09:59:00 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: motlh (adverb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, January 3, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: motlh
>Part of Speech: adverb
>Definition: usually, typically, as expected
motlh ray' luSamlaHmeH De' Qatlh cha' tlhIngan Duj jIH'a'
The main viewer on a Klingon ship is usually overlaid with
a complex target acquisition grid. (SP3)
motlh pIm 'ejyo' Dujmey
Unlike most Starfleet vessels... (SP3)
[lit. "Starfleet vessels are usually different"]
tera'ngan motlhbe' SoH
You are an unusual Terran. PK
Cf. also the adverbial {roD} "usually, customarily, habitually, regularly":
roD 'oHvaD juHqo' ponglu' neH
[Qo'noS] is usually referred to as simply "The Homeworld." (S27)
>Homonyms:
> motlh (verb) - be usual, normal
nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh 'oH
tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor,
attached to an extended power supply stock. (S14)
qughDo motlh: pIvlob vagh
Normal Cruising Speed - Warp 5 (KBoP)
Related verbs include {le'be'} "be unexceptional, be nonspecific, be general".
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons