tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 14 07:46:51 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Do' (adv)
> Klingon word: Do'
> Part of Speech: adverb
> Definition: luckily
Perkynme asked:
: Is this word from one of the other sources discussed? According to Okrand,
: there is no known word -- only that it is, possibly, an old word for "space
: vessel." The only time it's used is in {'ejDo'}.
Look in the TKD glossaries. You're confusing the hypothetical Old Klingon
*{Do'}:
"It is quite likely that {Do'} is an Old Klingon word for space
vessel (the modern Klingon word is {Duj}) that is used nowhere
except in the noun {'ejDo'} [starship]. Of course, without
further study, that remains pure conjecture." (TKD p.20)
with the verb {Do'} "be fortunate, be lucky":
maDo'Ha'
We are (always) unlucky. TKD
maDo'be'
We are not lucky. TKD
maDo'choH
We are becoming lucky. We are undergoing a turn of luck. TKD
bach Do' qaH
A lucky shot sir... ST3
maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa'.
If we're lucky, one will get angry. CK
and today's WOTD, the adverbial {Do'} "luckily, with luck":
Do' Sum matlh. (MO on st.expertforum 9/01/97)
FYI, there are also the verb {Do'Ha'} "be unfortunate, be unlucky":
De' lI' Sovlu'DI' chaq Do'Ha'.
Knowledge of useful information may be unfortunate. PK
(which can be used as an expression by itself:
Do'Ha'
It is unfortunate. That is unfortunate! TKD
Do'Ha'.
Unfortunate. ST3)
and the adverbial {Do'Ha'} "unfortunately" - introduced by Okrand in a brief
note in HolQeD 4.4 and later published in the KGT glossary.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons