Re: KLBC : revised bang bom mu'

["William H. Martin" <whm2m@server1.mail.virginia.edu>]

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:35:38 -0800 (PST) Steven Boozer 
<sboozer@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:

> FYI, we do know of the noun {parmaq} *par'Mach* "love, romance" which
> refers in general to the human emotion, and the nouns {bang} "love, lover"
> and {parmaqqay} *par'Machkai* "romantic companion, romantic partner" which
> refer to the person being loved.  We're not yet certain how *par'Mach* is
> used in Klingon though.

I strongly suspect it's typical use is something like:

torgh: DaHjaj maSuvDI', Dachlaw' Qanqor. ghaHvaD qay' nuq?

Qugh: parmaq.

torgh: toH! lot! latlh SuvwI'na' wISuqHa'!

It's just a theory, however. It is a noun and not an 
exclammatory, but I do suspect it often stands alone.
 
> -- 
> Voragh                       
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

charghwI' 'utlh