tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 18 22:20:52 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ghay'cha' (excl)
>At 10:00 2002-04-18 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
>>Klingon word: ghay'cha'
>>Part of Speech: exclamation
>>Definition: (invective)
ja' "Sean M. Burke" <[email protected]>:
>I've been wondering about this for some time: In the English jargon of
>Klingon grammar, is "invective" meant to mean anything other than "insult"?
An insulting word would more likely be labelled an "epithet" -- {yIntagh}
or {taHqeq}, for example. The way I think about it, an "invective" is
simply an exclamation of dismay, anger, disappointment, or other strong
negative feeling.
-- ghunchu'wI'