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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: potlh

De'vID jonpIn ([email protected])



Voragh:
> qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu'
> devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most important Klingon virtues. S13

Looking at the original card (image courtesy of Klingonska -
http://klingonska.org/canon/1995-sbx-s13.html), it's hard to piece
together what exactly was dropped from the Klingon sentence.  The
apparently missing word[s] do not fall on either of the two line
breaks:

qorDu' lurDechmeyna' pab tlhInganpu'. qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlh-[newline]
lu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu'. tlhIngan qorDu' pong potlh[newline]
law' Hoch potlh puS.

With strong family traditions, devotion and loyalty to family is one of[newline]
the most important Klingon virtues. Above all, the Klingon family[newline]
name is highly valued.

I suspect that a verb has been dropped after {potlhqu'}, something
with {-lu'}.  {pablu'} maybe, or {loblu'} or {vuvlu'}?

Has anyone ever asked MO about this error?  I'll try to remember next
time I see him.

-- 
De'vID

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