tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 14 07:28:39 2014
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nur
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, August 14, 2014
>
> Klingon word: nur
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: dignity
> Source: TKD
nurraj nIHlu'ta'mo' manoD
We will avenge your stolen pride (PB/'u' draft?)
tlhIngan wo' nur ghob je HoSmoH quvvam
With it, I restore pride and values of the Klingon Empire (PB/'u' draft?)
See also:
le'yo' pride (n)
le'yo'raj nIHlu'ta'mo' penoD jatlh qeylIS, woQ le'yo' je 'aghbej ghaH
And Kahless spoke to them ... filled with pride and authority, about
avenging their stolen pride PB
quv [personal] honor (n)
quH heritage (n)
tuH shame (n)
pop reward (n)
ghob ethics, virtue (n)
tIgh custom (n)
"You outsiders see only our fierceness, our love of battle. You do not see
the {tIgh}, the honor, that shapes our every act." [Gowron, STK novel:10]
Hem be proud (v)
jeQ be self-confident (v)
tuH be ashamed (v)
web be disgraced (v)
Cf. also {HemHa'choH} "[lose one's pride]" in PB:
maQ 'oH HemHa'choH 'ej cho'choH moratlh
The signal for Morath to lose his pride and claim a throne. PB
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
_______________________________________________
Tlhingan-hol mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol