tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 19 09:55:27 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'a (conj)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, September 19, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: 'a
>Part of Speech: conjunction
>Definition: but, nevertheless, even so, however
Used only once, in ST6 by Azetur:
notlh veS... 'a tugh manotlhchoH je maH.
War is obsolete... as we are in danger of becoming. ST6
Okrand comments that, "This word [{'ach}] is sometimes shortened to {'a}"
(TKD 55) but doesn't explain why. (I wonder: Could this be another one of
those upper-class variations? Azetbur is about as refined and upper-class
as you get on Kronos.)
The longer form {'ach} in canon:
jISoptaH 'ach QongtaH
I am eating, but he is sleeping. TKD
'ach HoD, Hevetlh wIghoSchugh veH tIn wI'el maH'e'
But Captain, that course will take us into the [Great] Barrier as well. ST5
yIvoq 'ach yI'ol
Trust, but verify. TKW
quv Hutlh HoHbogh tlhIngan 'ach qabDaj 'angbe'bogh
A Klingon who kills without showing his face has no honor. TKW
yIvoq 'ach lojmItmey yISam
Trust, but locate the doors. TKW
nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'
Our lives burn short and bright. (Anthem)
'oy'naQ DaQeqDI' mIw wa'DIch Data', 'ach 'oy'naQ Dachu'DI' mIw paghDIch Data'
When you aim the painstik, you accomplish the first step, but when you turn
the painstik on, you accomplish the zeroth step. (KGT 177)
SuD 'ach wov
[(it) is] SuD but light. KGT
nab Hutlh 'ach vang
He/she lacks a plan, but he/she takes action. KGT
HovpoH Hut vagh cha' wa' vI' jav Dujvam 'aghlu'pu' 'ach Qaw'lu'pu'
[This ship was demonstrated on Stardate 9521.6 but it was destroyed.] S33
qaSuch vIneH 'ach narghpu' 'eb. jIpaSqu'
I want to visit you, but the opportunity has escaped. I am very late ("I
was too late to visit you") (st.k 1/98)
tagha' pawpu' meb 'ach pumDI' ('etlh) Heghpu' qagh
The guest finally arrived, but by then the gagh had died. (st.k 11/99)
ngugh Ho'Du'chaj lo' chaH, 'ach DaH tajmey lo'
Then (at that time) they used their teeth, but now they use knives. (st.k
11/99)
tlhoy Sop 'ach ghIq Qongchu'.
He/she eats too much, but then he/she sleeps soundly. (HQ 8.3)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons