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Re: Klingon WOTD: bortaS (n)

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: bortaS (n)
• Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:27:46 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>Klingon word:   bortaS
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     revenge
>
>Canon:
>TKW p. 121
>{bortaS nIvqu' 'oH bortaS'e'}
>Revenge is the best revenge.

Also:

   bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'
   Revenge is a dish best served cold. TKD

Note too the common Klingon simile:

   bIr; bortaS rur
   cold as revenge (KGT)

The verb is {noD} "retaliate":

   batlh Heghlu'chugh noDnISbe' vay'
   An honorable death requires no vengeance. TKW

   cheQIHchugh manoDbe''a'?
   Wrong us, shall we not seek revenge? TKW



-- 
Voragh                            "All the meaning is in the context."
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons           (Ilya Kabakov, Russian artist)

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