tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 18 07:15:02 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jejHa'
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, September 18, 2015
>
> Klingon word: jejHa'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be dull, be blunt (of blades)[]
'etlh QorghHa'lu'chugh ragh 'etlh nIvqu' 'ej jejHa'choH
Even the best blade will rust and grow dull unless it is cared for. TKW
jejHa'; naH taj rur
dull as a vegetable knife KGT
jejHa' pach
The claw is dull. KGT
KGT 85: When talking about the quality of a dish, one may say {jej pach} ("The claw is sharp"; that is, the food is pungent) ... {jejHa' pach} ("The claw is dull"; in other words, the food is bland, where {jejHa'} ["dull"] really means something like "de-sharpened").
KGT 126: To say {jej pach} ("The claw is sharp") is to say that the food is pungent--that is, good. If the food is bland, one may say {jejHa' pach} ("The claw is dull").
See also {jej} "be sharp" (v):
moQDaq DuQwI'Hommey jej tu'lu'
A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together. SP2
leghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej
A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. TKW
qatlh jej taj
Why is the knife sharp? KGT
jejjaj tajlIj
May your knife be sharp. KGT
tajlIj jejjaj
May your knife be sharp. (toast) KGT
jej; Daqtagh rur
sharp as a d'k tahg. KGT
nuHmeyraj tIQorgh | watlh 'Iwraj 'e' lu'aghmo' nuHmey jej
[Kahless spoke to them] about caring for their weapons, for
they represent the purity of their blood. PB
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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