tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 24 07:49:07 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: je' (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, May 24, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: je'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: feed (someone else)
Used in canon:
yIje'
Feed him! TKD/ST3
HIje'
Feed me. KLS
qa' wIje'meH maSuv
We fight to enrich the spirit.
("We fight in order to feed the spirit.") TKW
Related verbs:
{noS} "eat in small mouthfuls, nibble"; {Sop} eat; {ghung} be hungry;
{natlh} use up, consume, expend, drain [power]
>Homonyms:
> je' (verb) - buy, purchase
Used in canon:
vIje' rIntaH
I have purchased it. TKD
bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh
Buy or die! CK
["This is a common saying among Klingon merchants, usually uttered when
customers are in the store comparing products or sampling the available
goods, but not purchasing anything. Tellingly, there is no known Klingon
word for 'browse,' at least as applied to matters of commerce." (TKW 213)]
chaq SoHvo' vay' vIje' vIneH
[Maybe I'd like to buy something from you. (untranslated)] PK
cha'pujqutmey vIje' vIneH
I want to buy dilithium crystals. PK
cha'pujqutmey vIje' vIneHbej
I definitely want to buy dilithium crystals. PK
qa'vam De' vIje' rIntaH
I have purchased the Genesis Data. ST3
qa' wIje'meH maSuv
We fight to enrich the spirit.
(or even "We fight in order to buy the spirit.") TKW
["... perhaps, to the Klingon way of thinking, while one is alive, one must
sacrifice or give up something (the way one uses credits or latinum when
making a purchase) in order to ensure that the spirit is one's own." (TKW 7)]
Related verbs:
{ngev} sell; {DIl} pay for; {tlhong} barter, bargain; {mech} trade
Note the idiom: {malja' Huq} "transact business"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons