tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 18 07:26:08 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ghal (v)
: Klingon word: ghal
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition: be jealous (of), envy
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: Additional Notes:
: HolQeD 8:3. There is also an idiomatic phrase which conveys the idea of
: jealousy: {SuD veqlargh mInDu'}.
Both are discussed by Marc Okrand in HolQeD 8.3:
It is used in such sentences as:
{jIghal} "I am jealous"
{choghal} "you envy me, you are jealous of me"
{torgh vIghal} "I am jealous of Torg"
There is also an idiomatic phrase which conveys the idea of jealousy:
{SuD veqlargh mInDu'}. Literally, this means "Fek'lhr's eyes are
yellow/green", but it is used to express the idea that somebody is
jealous. It would be used in an exchange such as:
A: loSmaH romulusngan SuvwI'pu' HoHta'qeng.
B: SuD veqlargh mInDu'.
A: Kang killed 40 Romulan warriors.
B: Somebody is jealous!
Speaker "B" is saying that speaker "A" is jealous of Kang.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons