tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 17 07:28:01 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: taD (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, November 17, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: taD
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be frozen
Used in canon:
yItaD
Freeze! [i.e. Stand perfectly still!] KCD
yItaD! petaD!
Be frozen! KGT
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)
Cultural note:
Rura Penthe is a frozen asteroid used by Klingons as a penal
colony for enemies of the Empire... (TKW 190)
Related verbs:
{bIr} be cold; {peD} to snow; {tet} melt
Related noun:
{chuch} ice
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons