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Re: Klingon WOTD: loQ (adv)



: Klingon word:   loQ
: Part of Speech: adverb
: Definition:     slightly, a little bit

As used in canon:

  loQ mayev.
  [Let's] Take a short break. PK

  loQ yIyev!
  Take a short pause! PK

  loQ yIleS!
  Take a brief rest! PK

  loQ yIDum! 
  Take a short nap! PK

  loQ 'oy'DI' SuvwI' bepbe'.
  A warrior does not complain about physical discomfort.
  (i.e. "aching slightly")  TKW

Cf. also the adverbial {tlhoS} "almost, nearly, virtually, not quite" (KGT) and
the Type 6 verb suffix {-law'}.



-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


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