tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 07 16:01:36 1997
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Re: epithets and invectives
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: epithets and invectives
- Date: 07 May 97 18:59:25 EDT
ghItlh voragh
>Yintagh
>Toral uses this epithet on Gowron before the High Council, which apparently
>means to "cut your tongue out." There is no direct translation given, although
>the spelling with a capital "I" is indicative of meaning "life-support
>system," perhaps implying a variant on "wind bag" or "big mouth."
>(Reference: Redemption, Part I)
Maybe it means something like "a life-support system would be utterly wasted on
you," perhaps akin to the mu'qaD veS uttering "You are a total waste of good
energy!"
Qapla'
qoror