tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 04 01:10:28 1999
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*muSHa'* yImuSHa'!
- From: Carleton Copeland <[email protected]>
- Subject: *muSHa'* yImuSHa'!
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:10:35 +-400
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jatlh Pillow:
> I've seen people use <muSHa'> to mean something like <love> If
> muSbe' means "not hate" consequently does muSHa' mean love?
I couldn't let this pass without putting in another plug for <muSHa'>.
!!! Disclaimer: <muSHa'> as a translation of *to love* is non-canon (never
used by MO). <muSHa'> is not the exact equivalent of DIvI' Hol *to love*
(neither are *aimer* *lieben* or *liubit'*, for that matter). maghwI' ghaH
mughwI''e' net Sov.
That said, I am the founder and sole member of the unofficial <muSHa'> fan
club within the Klingon Language Institute. Our motto is: <*muSHa'*
yImuSHa'!>.
The <muSHa'> Lovers' Manifesto (Draft)
peqIm!
<muSHa'> deserves your first consideration whenever a Klingon verb for
*love* is required! qatlh?
1) <muSHa'> allows Klingons to *love*, a verb which is otherwise absent
from the known Klingon vocabulary.
2) <muSHa'> has won the recognition (though not the love) of most
pabpo'pu'. It received a powerful endorsement on this list from no less
than HoD Qanqor, pabpo' wa'DIch.
(/tlhIngan-Hol/1999/Jul99/0194.html)
3) <muSHa'> jibes with the *Do the opposite of* sense of <-Ha'>--recently
recognized as the most common function of this suffix.
(/tlhIngan-Hol/1999/Jul99/0365.html)
4) <muSHa'> makes a provocative "cultural statement," as charghwI' (not a
<muSHa'> fan) has pointed out. <muSHa'> along with <parHa'>, <tungHa'>,
and <nItebHa'> evoke a culture in which hating, disliking, discouraging,
and acting alone are more primary than their opposites.
We challenge those who find <muSHa'> outside their comfort zone to jettison
tera'ngan romantic notions of love as the supreme emotion. wejpuH!
*muSHa'* yImuSHa'!
pItlh.
qa'ral