tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 26 11:04:04 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qal
<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I see a new Klingon insult coming:<div><br></div><div>QalDI' SoSlI', Quch.</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite">Klingon word: Qal<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Part of speech: verb<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Definition: swim<br></blockquote><br>naDev jIQal vIneH; Qobbe''a' bIQ? <br>Is it safe to swim here? (TNK)<br><br>"One of the brand new Klingon words [from TalkNow! Klingon] is the one for swimming as in the phrase 'Is it safe to swim here?' Klingons don't like water as, for them, it's a sign of weakness; they also love danger. So this one may come as a surprise to them!" says Marc [Okrand]." [qe'San]<br><br>TKW 35: The negative associations with water might also be seen when Worf remarked to Counselor Deanna Troi, "Swimming is too much like bathing."<br><br>KGT 91: The verb {HaH} [...] is now often used in the more general sense of "soak, drench". It is frequently heard in the reflexive form ({HaH'egh} "soak oneself") in reference to such activities as drinking a great deal, which has positive connotations, and bathing, an occasional undertaking with negative connotations. <br><br>A {lotlhmoq} is "a bird that swoops into the water in order to catch food, but cannot swim" (cf. HQ 10.4).<br><br><br>--<br>Voragh<br>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br>http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>_______________________________________________
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