tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 18 12:41:14 1997
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Re: Query on KKlock
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Query on KKlock
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:37:59 -0600 (CST)
[email protected] wrote:
: I Love the Klingon Klock, but one question, on the alarm, the last setting is
: ' Time for qagh'. What is 'qagh'? I'd love to know.
nuq 'oH qagh'e'?! bISagh'a'? qagh SovnISbej Hoch tlhInganna'!
qagh
gagh, serpent worm ["A Klingon delicacy, best served live. Serpent worms."
(MSN) Okrand goes into some detail in KCD on the distinction between
{ghargh}--which refers to serpent worms as animals--and {qagh}--which refers
to serpent worms alive but with seasonings and sauce added, served as food,
and which is never pluralized.]
- qagh DaSop
You are eating serpent worms. CK
- vIH qagh
The serpent worms are moving! CK
- qagh Sopbe'
He doesn't eat gagh! TKW
["For Klingons ... this is a rather mild dismissive remark, not a strong
insult." TKW: 137]
- yIntaHbogh qagh jablu'DI' reH nIvqu' qagh
Gagh is always best when served live. TKW
- qagh, ro'qegh'Iwchab, targh tIq Sop 'e' lungIl Humanpu' puS
Few humans dare to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ. S21
-- Voragh