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

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

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Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SIj
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:37:49 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 13, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: SIj
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be insightful, be clever (slang)

KGT 164:  This verb literally means "slash, slit (with a blade)". When used in its slang sense, it does not take an object:  {bISIj} ("You are insightful, you have a keen mind"; literally, "You slash").  Nonslang counterparts are {val} ("be clever, smart") and {'ong} ("be cunning, sly").


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