tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 05 12:41:05 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'Iw 'Ip (n)
- From: "De'vID" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: 'Iw 'Ip (n)
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 15:43:29 -0500
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Voragh:
> It's composed of course from the noun {'Ip} "oath"; the homophonous verb is
> {'Ip} "vow, swear". We also have the verbs {vIt} "tell the truth" and {lay'}
> "promise". {lay'Ha'} "break one's word" certainly suggests *{'IpHa'} "break
> one's vow or oath".
That gives me the idea to translate the usual vow made in (Terran)
courts:
jIvIt, vItna' Dol vIja', 'ej jIvItDI' latlh vIjatlhQo' -- 'e' vI'Ip.
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
(Of course, a Klingon may be assumed to be telling the truth or risk
being challenged to a {vItHay'}.)
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De'vID
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