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Re: Klingon WOTD: poS (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: poS (verb)
• Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:52:54 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   poS
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     be open, opened

Used in canon:

   lojmIt poSDaq Daq pagh
   No one eavesdrops at an open door. PK

   yIvbeHlIj neH DapoSmoH vIneH
   The only thing I want you to open is your blouse. (ST5 notes)

   Heghpu'bogh tlhIngan mInDu' lupoSmoHlu'
   The eyes of the fallen Klingon are opened... S31

>Antonyms: SoQ

i.e. "be closed, shut".  Cf. ngaQ "be locked, be sealed, be secured, be 
fastened"

Related verbs:

Huv "be clear, not obstructed"; naw' "access"; 'el "enter"

>Homonyms:
>     poS (noun) - left (side)

Antonyms: nIH  "right (side)"

Used in canon:

   poSDaq nIHDaq je QamtaHvIS SuvwI'pu', chaH jojDaq yItnIS lopwI'
   The initiate must pass through a gauntlet of warriors. S9



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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