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Re: Klingon WOTD: ngIl (verb)

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: ngIl (verb)
• Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:12:21 EDT

In a message dated 4/14/2008 11:13:41 AM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, April 12, 2008.
> >
> >Klingon word:   ngIl
> >Part of Speech: verb
> >Definition:     dare
> 
> Used in canon:
> 
>    qagh, ro'qegh'Iwchab, targh tIq Sop 'e' lungIl Humanpu' puS
>    Few humans dare to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ. S21
> 


I'd forgotten this example.
I assumed that {ngIl} meant 'dare' in the sense of 'challenge':
I dare you to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ!

Is there any reason not to use {ngIl} like this?

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