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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rur
> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, August 17, 2014
>
> Klingon word: rur
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: resemble
SuvwI' juHmey rur tachmey
Bars resemble warriors' homes. CK
Dejpu'bogh Hov rur qablIj
Your face looks like a collapsed star! PK
Hov ghajbe'bogh ram rur pegh ghajbe'bogh jaj
A day without secrets is like a night without stars. PK
matay'DI' vIHtaHbogh bIQ rur mu'qaDmey
Between us, curses run like water. PK
toQDujna' rurchu'!
It [BoP ornament] looks so REAL! (Hallmark)
wa'DIch tlhIngan Dujmey luleghlu'pu'bogh rur qItI'nga' Duj.
tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH wej HochHom lo'lu'taH
Similar in configuration to the first Klingon vessels encountered,
the K'Tinga-class remained in use for most of the 23rd century. S15
'ejyo' luch rurbe'qu' tlhIngan Duj luch
Klingon starship design is vastly different from Starfleet technology. SP3
lujang maS'e' loQ So'be'bogh QIb lurur
they reply, shaped as the crescent moon. PB (i.e a bat'leth)
pIraQSIS maS bIngDaq pIgh rur SaqSub chIm choSlu'pu'bogh
The Saq'sub lay empty and desolate under the Praxis moon. PB
Objects may be compared to something else that typically has a particular color:
Doq 'ej beqpuj rur
(it) is Doq and resembles beqpuj (an orange mineral) KGT
na'ran rur
resembles a naran [i.e. "sweet"] KGT
Doq 'ej Qaj wuS rur
be orange/red and resemble kradge lips. (st.k 2/98; they're brownish)
{rur} IN SIMILES:
KGT 27: The first [sentence] attributes a quality to someone or something; the second makes use of the verb rur ("resemble") to link the quality to something that presumably epitomizes the quality.
KGT 128f.: Some Klingons are rather creative in their use of this construction, making up a new simile on the spot for a given occasion ... This facility is an admirable one, demonstrating the speaker's wit and mastery of the language ... There are, in addition, a number of set phrases that are used repeatedly and are known by everyone.
E.g. (there are many known examples):
ram; ghIlab ghew rur
trivial as a glob fly. KGT
puj verengan; bIQ rur
the Ferengi is as weak as water (HQ 13.1:9)
See also:
nIb be identical (v)
rap be the same
rurbe' be different (v)
pIm be different (v)
Sar be varied/various (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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