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Re: Klingon WOTD: tungHa' (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, October 1, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   tungHa'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     encourage
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 71.  Though one occasionally hears someone say  {QoQ tIv} ("He/she 
>enjoys [the] music") or {bom tIv} ("He/she enjoys the song"), music is not 
>really considered something that causes pleasure.  Among Klingons, 
>pleasure is deemed quite unessential for one's well-being.  More 
>frequently, the appreciation of music is expressed in terms of something 
>that music does to the listener rather than in terms of the listener's 
>reaction.  Thus, music is said to embolden ({jaqmoH}), excite ({SeymoH}), 
>encourage ({tungHa'}), or to stimulate or inspire ({pIlmoH}).

There's also an idiom:  {vIHtaH gho} "The hoop is moving":

"This expression means that an activity of finite (though perhaps 
indeterminate) length has started. It is used to encourage somebody to make 
a decision or to perform a process more quickly. (KGT p. 111)



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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