tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 05 07:26:59 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tlhIj (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, June 5, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: tlhIj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: apologize
Never used in Canon.
{tlhIj} is listed in the TKD Addendum, which covers vocabulary from
ST5. Klaa apologizes to Kirk near the end of the movie, but in
English. (I've added a couple of bits of untranslated KLingon I heard):
[As Kirk is transported aboard the Bird of Prey, two Klingon guards
escort him
to the bridge. There Kirk is confronted by Korrd, now dressed to
command the
Bird of Prey. Klaa stands off to one side, humbled.]
KORRD: {yIjonHa'!}
Release him.
KORRD: Kirk, my junior officer has something he would like to say to you.
KORRD: {yIjatlh!}
[Tell him!] (untranslated)
KLAA: I... apologize.
[Kirk looks in wonder.]
KORRD: {maj. 'ej...}
(Good. [And...?]) (untranslated)
KLAA: The attack upon your vessel was not authorized by my government.
Presumably the un-filmed Klingon line is simply: {jItlhIj}.
Related verbs:
{QoS} "be sorry"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons