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Re: Klingon WOTD: tlhab (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: tlhab (noun)
• Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:44:05 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, June 27, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   tlhab
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     freedom, independence

Never used in canon.

>Homonyms:
>     tlhab (verb) - be free, independent

Used in canon:

   tlhab; ngem Ha'DIbaH rur
   free (independent) as a forest animal KGT
   ["though this refers to how or where any animal lives rather than
    to a specific animal" (KGT 132)]

   jItlhab
   I am independent. KLS

Cultural notes:

   ... the wild variety is termed {naH tlhab} (literally, "free fruit
   or vegetable"). (KGT 89)

Related verbs:

Antonyms:  {toy'} "serve (a master)"



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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