tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 06 09:05:48 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pon
I believe the only canonical use of this word is on page 145 of paq'batlh (paq'raD, Canto 16, Stanza 1):
wejlogh choponlaHbe'chugh
vaj ghobvam vItap
'ej DaH naDev qaHoH
Give me three good reasons
Not to squeeze this hand tight
And kill you were you stand! {{[sic] were = "where"}}
Quite an interesting translation, if you ask me: Many of us would probably have tried some sort of sentence involving {wej meq[mey]}, but I rather like this way of putting it.
This may indicate that the object of {pon} is the one who is convinced, though I'd personally guess that this is an instance of the prefix trick, and the direct object is in fact the statement of which one convinces somebody.
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Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pon
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 06, 2012
Klingon word: pon
Part of speech: verb
Definition: persuade, convince
This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh ([email protected]).
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