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Re: Klingon WOTD: mun (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: mun (verb)
• Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:46:42 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, September 10, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   mun
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     intervene

Not used in canon.

>Synonyms: Haq

   Just as {Haq} in the nonslang sense of "perform surgery" has negative
   connotation, the slang term {Haq} ("intervene") is likewise disparaging,
   implying that the intervention was unnecessary and/or that the party
   doing the intervening somehow handled the situation badly. Thus, if one
   were to say {jagh HIvrup SuvwI' Haqpa' DIvI' qeSwI'} ("The warrior was
   prepared to attack the enemy until the Federation advisor intervened" ­
   literally, "The warrior was prepared to attack the enemy until the
   Federation advisor performed surgery"), the implication is that the
   advice was unnecessary, counterproductive, or both. The common nonslang
   term for "intervene" is {mun}. (KGT 151)

Related verbs:

{nIS} "interfere with")




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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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