tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 18 07:35:12 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: laj (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, October 18, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: laj
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: acceptance
The noun has never been used in canon.
>Homonyms:
> laj (verb) - accept
to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj
Accept these stuffed tobbaj legs! PK
jIlajneS
I'm honored to accept! (TNG "A Matter of Honor")
jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj! (TKW p.65)
I accept. May your enemies run with fear."
[This is the traditional acceptance upon being asked to serve as
someone's {cha'DIch}. (TNG "Sins of the Father")]
beq may' ta vIlajpu'
I have accepted the crew's record of battle. KGT
ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj
I accept your lives into my hands. KGT
When taking a table's order, the {jabwI'} neither writes anything
down nor enters data into a computer. It is considered the duty
of the {jabwI'} to remember ({qaw}) the choices and to bring the
correct food, and servers tend to be quite skilled at this. On the
rare occasion when the {jabwI'} has remembered incorrectly ({qawHa'}),
the patron may reject ({lajQo'}) the dish. If the patron rejects a
dish that the server believes has been properly remembered, however,
the misunderstanding could develop into minor combat. For most of
the other diners in the restaurant, this is regarded as an exhila-
rating diversion. (KGT 101f.)
Note the idiom:
"I have accepted discommendation." (Worf, in TNG "Reunion")
[*{naDHa'ghach vIlajpu'}]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons