tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 22 08:15:48 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Qagh (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, August 22, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: Qagh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: error, mistake
Used in canon:
QaghHommeyHeylIjmo'
due to your apparent minor errors TKD
QaghwIj vIQIj 'e' yIchaw'neS
Permit me to explain my mistake, your Honor. PK
QaghmeylIj tIchID, yIyoH
Have the courage to admit your mistakes. TKW
Related nouns:
{QaghHom} "minor error"; {Qagh'a'} "major blunder" (cp. {Qugh} "disaster"
& {lot} "catastrophe")
>Homonyms:
> Qagh (verb) - err, be mistaken, make a mistake
Used in canon:
Qagh yaS wa'DIch
The first officer errs. KGT
jIQaghpu'
I have made a mistake. KGT
This word [{bachHa'}] literally means something like "mis-shoot"--that
is, "shoot wrongly". It is used in such constructions as {jIbachHa'pu'}
("I have made a mistake"; literally, "I have mis-shot"). The standard
word meaning "err, make a mistake" is {Qagh}, as in {jIQaghpu'} ("I
have make a mistake"). (KGT 145)
Related verbs:
{muj} "be wrong"
Cf. also {lughbe'} "not be right, not be correct" and {qarbe'} "not be
accurate".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons