tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 23 08:17:49 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: nep (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, June 23, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: nep
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: lie, fib
Used in canon:
bInep
You lie. You're lying. TKD
Klingons may not care whether a falsehood is intentional, but only whether
the information is reliable. As Ambassador Kell admonished Worf, "Motives?
Who cares for motives? Humans, perhaps." (TNG "The Mind's Eye") This shows
up in TKW (p. 143) as a proverb: ram meqmey "Motives are insignificant."]
Related verbs:
{lay'Ha'} break one's word, {lach} exaggerate, {mIy} brag
Cf. also {ngor} cheat, {yuD} be dishonest.
Antonym: {vIt} tell the truth
The derived noun is {nepwI'} "liar", which is not in the glossary but used
in TKD with the verb {Da} "behave as, act in the manner of":
nepwI' Daba'
He is obviously lying. TKD
This example shows up in the TNG episode "A Matter of Honor":
yIHarQo'! nepwI' Daba'.
"Do not believe him! He lies."
tevram reported that the line was "yI-Har-Qo! nep-we' ghaH!" in the script
- {yIHarQo'! nepwI' ghaH!} (i.e. "He's a liar"). Both versions are
surprisingly correct. (Perhaps the writers took a bit more care since this
was the first and, in many respects, the best Klingon episode they did for
TNG.)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons