tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 14 06:32:24 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yaH (noun)
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: yaH (noun)
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:31:43 +1000
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ghItlhpu' lay'tel SIvten, ja':
>Qan - protect
>QaD - be safe, be protected
Perhaps this meaning of {QaD} is or was idiomatic, derived from {QaD} "be
dry"? After all, we know the attitude of Klingons towards bathing from KGT.
>rach - invigorate, fortify, strengthen
>tlhuH - be exhilirated, be stimulated, be invigorated
See, I don't think this is quite the same as the pair {nge' - yaH}. From the
derived noun {rachwI'} "nurse", I get the impression that {rach} tends more
towards physical invigoration, where the glosses for {tlhuH} indicate it may
have more to do with emotion or state of mind.
>ta' - accomplish, accomplishment
>rIn - be accomplished, finished
teHbej.
<poD>
...
>SIQ - endure, bear
>bogh - be born
This is really doubtful; "born" is distinct from "borne" in modern English,
and we have no canon instances of {bogh} being used to refer to anything
other than the act of giving birth.
>teb - fill
> buy' - be full, be filled up
teH je.
It's important to also note in this list {maS} "prefer" vs. {qaq} "be
preferable", and perhaps {natlh} "consume, expend" vs. {loj} "be all gone"
and the admittedly odd triplet {meQ} "be burnt" vs. {meQ} "to burn" and
{meQ} "to burn, to cause to burn":
Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu (CK)
Terrans enjoy eating burnt animals.
meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH (TKW 111)
Only a fool fights in a burning house.
to'waQ meQ vutwI' (KGT... can't remember the page)
The cook burns the tendon.
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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