tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 25 07:13:55 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: lo'laH (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, October 25, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: lo'laH
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be valuable
Never used in a sentence.
It is a simple verb in its own right (though it's an unusual
two-syllable one), not the verb {lo'} "use" plus Type 5 suffix
{-laH} "can". It is likely that there is some sort of histor-
ical connection to the verb + suffix form, but, if so, it is
just that--historical. (st.klingon 11/97)
Cf. {lI'} "be useful", {wagh} "be expensive".
>Antonyms: lo'laHbe'
Used in canon:
vIlo'laHbe'
They are useless to me. I cannot use them. TKD
leghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej
A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. TKW
lo'laHbe'; chetvI' chIm rur
worthless as an empty torpedo tube KGT
Cf. {lI'be'} "be useless", {qutlh} "be cheap".
The abstract nouns are {lo'laHghach} "value" and {lo'laHbe'ghach}
"worthlessness" (TKD 4.2.9).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons