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

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 30, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: jub
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be immortal

Cf. the nomen agentis {jubbe'wI'} "mortal (person)" used in the paq'batlh (p. 122f.):

  lojmItDaj veghta'DI' jubbe'wI' 
    yInqa'meH chegh 'e' botnIS qotar 
    qeylIS HoHmeH qotar qeylIS SamnIS 
  Still, Kotar cannot let a mortal 
    Pass his gates and return alive, 
    Kahless must be hunted down and killed.

Related words:

jubbe'   	be mortal (v)

Hegh 		die (v)
yIn 		live (v)

yIn  		life (n)
Hegh  	death (n)

Cultural notes:

TKW 15:  Great accomplishments are commonly immortalized in song... Because songs are repeated, the same way proverbs are repeated, they help to preserve tradition as well as to teach the young.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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