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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tlhoS

De'vID jonpIn ([email protected])

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• Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:51:35 +0100
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>> Klingon word: tlhoS
>> Part of speech: adv
>> Definition: almost, nearly, virtually, not quite

Voragh:
> Oddly enough, never used in canon.  (Is it used in the paq'batlh?)
>
> Similar adverbials:
>
> {loQ}  "slightly, a little bit, briefly, short"
> {rut}     "sometimes, occasionally"
>
> Cf. also the verb suffixes {-qoq}, {-Hey}, {-law'}.

Also a pun on "close", I think.

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De'vID

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