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Re: Klingon WOTD: meq (verb)

naHQun ([email protected])



So {meq} has been bugging me for a while, I have more definitons than
I know what to do with:

meq v. n. reason TKD
meq n. reason, (logical thinking) KGT p154
meq n. motive, KGT

So to me, "reason" and "motive" mean why something was done.
Then we have "logical thinking", which in English is also "to reason",
but a totally different word than motive.

Did Okrand start with one meaning and then move to the other by
looking up the English in TKD?  Or am I missing something?

~naHQun



On 2/5/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, February 5, 2007.
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> Category: General
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> Klingon word:   meq
> Part of Speech: verb
> Definition:     reason
> Source: TKD (94 KE, 149 EK)
> Swedish: resonera, tänka logiskt
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> Homonyms:
>        meq (noun) - reason, motive
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