tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 04 07:19:16 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: puq poH
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, September 04, 2014
>
> Klingon word: puq poH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: generation
qaStaHvIS wa'maH puq poHmey, wo'rIv betleH ghaj qorDu'Daj
Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. S8
qaStaHvIS wej puq poHmey vav puqloDpu' puqloDpu'chaj je
quvHa'moH vav quvHa'ghach
The dishonor of the father dishonors his sons and their sons
for three generations. TKW
HQ 12.2 p.8: Generally, one expresses the end of a stretch of time by using a verb rather than a noun. That is, one says "when the month ends" rather than "at the end of the month". The verb for this kind of end is {Dor}.
See also:
bov era (n)
qeylIS bov the era of Kahless (PB)
qeylIS bov nubwI' before the era of Kahless (PB)
poH period of time (n)
DIS poH [a period of years]
vatlh DIS poH century
SaD DIS poH millennium
netlh DIS poH myriad (period of 10,000 years)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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