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Klingon WOTD: luj (verb)

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This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, May 16, 2005.

Category: General

Klingon word:   luj
Part of Speech: verb 
Definition:     fail, lose (not win) 
Source: TKD (93 KE, 132 EK, KGT 218 KE, KGT 249 EK) 
Swedish: misslyckas, förlora


Additional Notes:
Also in "Okrand's Notes" in HolQeD 2:4 p. 18.  " 'To win' a competition is to {Qap}.  (If it's a decisive or particularly gratifying victory, they'd say {Qapchu'}, even though that's a bit redundant.)  In TKD, {Qap} is translated as 'succeed, work, function.'  To a Klingon, to win is to function perfectly.  The opposite notion, 'lose,' is commonly {luj}, also meaning 'fail.' "

KGT adds the meaning "lose (not win)."
   

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