tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 16 08:40:21 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pay'
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, April 12, 2013
>>
>> Klingon word: pay'
>> Part of speech: adv
>> Definition: suddenly
>
> pay' HIvDI' lo'wI' pagh mupDI' QIHchu' bIH
> [They] provide a damaging surprise attack or give a
> devastating backhand stroke. SP2
>
> Note the apparent idiom: {pay' HIv} "surprise attack" (i.e. "attack suddenly")
I wonder about the translation of {mup} as "backhand". Does {mup}
imply "backhand", the way {qIp} implies "hit with fist" and {weq}
means "hit with palm"? Or did something get dropped in the Klingon, or
did MO not care about the "backhand" part of the translation?
--
De'vID
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