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Re: Klingon WOTD: qImHa' (v)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 


>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, September 15, 2003.
>
>Klingon word:   qImHa'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     disregard

Never used in canon, but mentioned passim in KGT:

   The [slang] verb {Dach} literally means "be absent, but when applied
   to a person who is obviously present or otherwise accounted for, it
   is usually interpreted to mean that the person's mind has wandered.
   It does not mean "absent-minded", which involves forgetfulness. Rather,
   it means that the person is, for whatever reason, not focusing on the
   task at hand. Nonslang equivalents are {qImHa'} ("not pay attention")
   and {buSHa'} ("not focus [on], ignore)". (KGT 149)

>Additional Notes:
>Opposite of {qIm}.

Presumably {qImHa'} works like {qIm}, which can take an object:

   HeDaj yIqIm
   Track her course! ST5

but doesn't have to:

   yIqIm, yIbuS
   Pay attention and concentrate! CK

   qIm tera'ngan
   Attention Earther! (KCD bumper sticker)

   jIqIm
   I pay attention. KGT



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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