tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 29 10:55:01 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: motlh (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, October 27, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: motlh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be usual, normal
Used in canon:
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)
If a dish with a standard preparation technique (a {nay' motlh},
"usual dish") is being offered, asking how it is to be prepared is
a demonstration of cultural ignorance. (KGT 94)
Related verbs:
{le'be'} be unexceptional/nonspecific/general
>Antonyms: motlhbe' "be unusual"
Used in canon:
tera'ngan motlhbe' SoH
You are an unusual Terran. PK
Related verbs:
{le'} be special/exceptional, {Huj} be strange, {jum} be odd, {taQ} be weird
>Homonyms:
> motlh (adverb) - 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... ["Starfleet vessels are usually
different"] SP3
Related adverbials
{roD} usually, customarily, habitually, regularly
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons