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

De'vID ([email protected])



loghaD:
> I believe the only canonical use of this word is on page 145 of paq'batlh (paq'raD, Canto 16, Stanza 1):

There's also {nIpon}. :-)

loghaD:
> wejlogh choponlaHbe'chugh
> vaj ghobvam vItap
> 'ej DaH naDev qaHoH

({ghob} should be {ghop}, of course.  The typo is in the {paq'batlh}.)

[...]
> 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.

How would you interpret {ponlu'}?

-- 
De'vID

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