tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 17 08:22:55 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: largh (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, July 17, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: largh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: smell, sense odors
Used in canon:
DaH vay' vIlarghlaH
Now I can smell something. CK
vay' DalarghDI' yIqaw
Remember the scent. (i.e. "Learn from your experiences"). TKW
reH bang larghlu'
Love is always smelled ("A loved one is always smelled"). TKW
qagh largh SuvwI' ghung. Sum qagh 'e' Sov.
The hungry warrior smells the gagh. He/she knows the gagh is nearby. (HQ
12/1998)
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 86. The verb meaning "smell"--that is, "sense odors"--is
>{largh}. The word for "emit a smell" is {He'}. This does not necessarily
>imply a bad smell. Odors are not considered "good" or "bad"; they are
>just odors. There may be a subjective evaluation of the source of the
>odor, however. It is a compliment to suggest that soemone smells like
>[rokeg] blood pie not because the smell itself is good, but rather because
>the food carries with it positive associations. On the other hand, it is
>most insulting so say that someone smells like rotting [forshak].
From the Klingon point of view, it is not accurate to say that
a particular food is sour; rather, it tastes and smells sour.
That is, sourness is not an intrinsic quality of the food; it
is a perception, the effect the food has upon the senses of
smell and taste, the Klingon sense of smell being particularly
highly developed." (KGT 85-86)
Related verbs:
{He'So'} stink
Related nouns:
{pIw} odor; {noSvagh} deodorant
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons