tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 29 07:11:22 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lIw
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 29, 2012
>
> Klingon word: lIw
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: substitute, stand-in, temporary surrogate
Used in canon:
polmeH jav QujwI' lIwmey
6 collectible tokens (MKE)
Pun/Mnemonic:
"in lieu of"
Language notes:
HQ 5.1: The word {qa'meH} ... has become accepted as a noun in its own right, meaning replacement in the sense of something that takes over for or is used instead of something that is gone or that has been lost. It is not used for a temporary substitute or a stand-in; the word for that is {lIw}.
Related vocabulary:
velqa' replica (n)
tam substitute (v)
ru' be temporary (v)
gheS assume duties of, take on responsibilities (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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