tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 15 07:38:34 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: le' (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, May 14, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: le'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be special, exceptional
As used in canon:
tlhIngan jabbI'ID le'
Special Klingon issue (STC)
puqloDwI' le'qu', Hoch jaj choquvmoH
My dearest son, each day you redeem me. (Frasier)
Cf. {motlhbe'} "be unusual" and {pup} "be perfect, be exact".
>Antonyms: le'be'
"be unexceptional, be nonspecific (KGT), be general"
As used in canon:
nav HablI' le'be'
general FAX [machine]
Since my office is in a different building from the company
reception desk I prefer to give people the number of the fax
machine closest to my desk. I put both numbers on the letter-
head, labeling them in English "Klingon fax" and "general fax".
Dr. Okrand suggested {le'be'} for "general", and so of course
that's what I used. (Mark Mandel; cf. Okrand in HQ 5.2)
Cf. also {lo' law'} "utility" (KBoP) [i.e. "general purpose": lit.
"many/multi-use") and {motlh} "be usual, be normal, be standard (S14)".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons