tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 16 13:19:17 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: jey (verb)
> >>Klingon word: jey
> >>Part of Speech: verb
> >>Definition: defeat
Voragh:
> >The homophonous noun is {jey} "defeat";
'ISqu':
>bIna''a'? De'vam Hal yIngu'. DIp 'oH mu' {Doghjey}'e'
>'ach DIp DalaH'a' mu' {jey}?
bIlugh; mu'ghom'a'wIjDaq QaghHom 'oH. cholughmoHpu'mo' qatlho.
{jey} is not a noun but it is an element in the compound noun {Doghjey}
"unconditional surrender". It's another of those noun + verb compounds.
Tellingly, although there's no noun for defeat there is one for victory:
{yay}. Literally, defeat is not an option. <g>
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons