tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 13 10:03:48 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tungHa' (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, June 13, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: tungHa'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: encourage
Never used in canon.
Mentioned in KGT (p.71):
Though one occasionally hears someone say {QoQ tIv} ("He/she
enjoys [the] music") or {bom tIv} ("He/she enjoys the song"),
music is not really considered something that causes pleasure.
Among Klingons, pleasure is deemed quite unessential for one's
well-being. More frequently, the appreciation of music is
expressed in terms of something that music does to the listener
rather than in terms of the listener's reaction. Thus, music is
said to embolden (jaqmoH), excite (SeymoH), encourage (tungHa'),
or to stimulate or inspire (pIlmoH).
Cf. also {num} "promote", used in the PR sense of "encourage" in the KLI's
"Friend of Maltz" certificate (which was signed - and presumably read - by
Okrand).
It's antonym is {tung} "discourage".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons