tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 12 08:12:39 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ngIp (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, January 12, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: ngIp
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: borrow
Never used in canon.
"Borrow" mentioned in KGT passim:
It is possible that, at some time in the past, the numerals
were "borrowed" into the lexicon of music in order to sing the
scale ... It is far more likely, however, that the borrowing
went in the other direction ..." [KGT 72]
For example, one language may borrow (and, in the process,
phonetically modify) a word for a concept it lacks ...
[KGT 205]
>Antonyms: noj
"lend"
Related verbs include {nobHa'} "give back, return" and {tatlh "return [s.th.]".
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons