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-Ha' (Re: Klingon WOTD: jubbe' (v))




>> Klingon word:   jubbe'
>> Part of Speech: verb
>> Definition:     be mortal
>> 
>> Additional Notes:
>> Opposite of {jub}.

Albert Arendsen:
>This is just the humble opinion of one only beginning to understand
>Klingon, but wouldn't /jubHa'/ be more appropriate, or at least more
>dramatic? It would ofcourse depend on what you're trying to convey...

De'vID:
More fuel for the fire...

Is /jubbe'/ an exception?  Or could /jubHa'/ mean something other
than "mortal"?  Perhaps the "undo" meaning applies here, and
/jubHa'/ applies to someone who used to be immortal, and isn't
any longer?  Or maybe the "mis-" meaning is the right one, and
/jubHa'/ is someone who is immortal but in a bad way.  (Any number
of myths where a person gains immortality at the expense of being
cursed in one way or another comes to mind.)  

Or perhaps /jubbe'/ and /jubHa'/ can both mean "be mortal", and
/jubbe'/ is preferred for unknown cultural reasons?

This /-Ha'/ thing is quite confusing...


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