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Re: Klingon WOTD: tung (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, October 17, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   tung
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     discourage

Never used in canon.

Antonym:  {tungHa'}  encourage (v.)

Never used in canon.

Discussed by Okrand:

   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})." (KGT 71)

Re: {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 111)

Related verbs:

{num} "promote" (?); used in this sense in the KLI's 1999 "Friend of Maltz" 
certificates which were signed by Okrand:

   tlhIngan Hol Danummo' pIquvmoH
   Because you promote the Klingon language, we honor you. FMC



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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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