tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 07 07:43:14 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yonmoH (verb)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, January 7, 2005.
Klingon word: yonmoH
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: satisfy
Never used in canon, but this probably works like {belmoH} "please":
qabelmoH'a'?
Do I please you? (i.e. "Do you like me?") PK
Cp. the intransitive {yon} "be satisfied".
Cf. also {bel} "be pleased" and {belHa'} "be displeased" (implying
*{yonHa'} "be dissatisfied"). There's also the noun {bel} "pleasure, joy",
which suggests there *might* exist a similar, if unattested, noun *{yon}
"satisfaction". (But if there is, Maltz hasn't mentioned it yet.)
"Satisfaction" in KGT:
The Klingon word {maj} is an exclamation expressing satisfac-
tion, generally translated as simply "good," and functioning
as a sentence in its own right. (KGT 120)
The [slang] word {chong} may also be used as an exclamation
expressing approval or satisfaction, somewhat like standard
{maj} ("good"). (KGT 148)
Food also resembles music in that if it affects one in an
especially positive way--that is, if the food particularly
satisfies the eater--one may say DuQ Soj ("The food stabs
him/her")." (KGT 84)
Someone unsatisfied with the status quo, a rebel, might be
said to want to {ngup qaD} ("challenge those in charge";
literally, "challenge the cape"). (KGT 157)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons