tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 29 12:49:14 2008
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ngIp (verb)
Doq wrote:
> You borrow what you intend to give back. Otherwise, "borrow" is a
> euphemism for stealing. As languages go, English doesn't borrow. It
> doesn't even steal. It plunders.
tlhoy mu'mey'e' bIpup. 'ach bIpupqu'chugh:
nIHbe' ghot, latlh ghot ghajbe'choH. 'ach mu' ngIpchugh Hol, mu'vetlh
ghajtaH latlh Hol. vaj mu' nIHghach 'oHbe' mu' ngIpghach.
tlhIngan Hol lo'lu'taHvIS ngIplaH'a' Hol? wISovbe'. nIHlaH'a' Hol? wISovbe'.
> nIHchugh tlhIngan Hol qub wanI'. roD nIHbe'. chenmoH Okrand.
tlhIngan Hol mu'mey chenmoHtaHvIS, pIj latlh Hol mu'mey lo' "Okrand".
qubbe' wanI'vam. nIHchugh DIvI' Hol, nIH tlhIngan Hol je.
(ghu'vam'e' lugh <nIHghach>, <ngIpghach> je):
HQ: So, <can> we use the suffix *-ghach* on a naked stem?
MO: ...Klingon is a little more forgiving than English, people wouldn't
jump up and down and say that's horrible and ungrammatical, but they
would say that's a unique formation. Perhaps appropriate for the
occasion, but not necessarily a word for all times.
from HolQeD 3:3