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Re: Klingon WOTD: Daj (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Daj (verb)
• Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:13:20 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, June 15, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   Daj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     test inconclusively

As used in canon:

   vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI'
   Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle.  ST5/TKW
   ["Sharpshooting of the cosmos' litter inconclusively tests a warrior's 
courage."]

Related verbs:

{chov} "assess, evaluate, test"; {waH} "try out, test, use experimentally"

Antonyms:  {tob} "test conclusively"

>Homonyms:
>     Daj (verb) - be interesting

As used in canon:

   tlhIngan yoH Daj verengan yoH qetlh
   The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi (slang) KGT

Related verbs:

{vuQ} "fascinate".  Cf. also {buS} "concentrate on, focus on, think only 
about" and {qIm} "pay attention".

Antonyms:  {qetlh} "be dull"; {Dal} "be boring"



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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