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

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2013
> 
> Klingon word:   tIn
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:         be big

jItIn 
I am big. KLS

Dujmey tIn.   
Dujmey tInqu' 
big ships  
very big ships  (TKD)

veng tInDaq 
veng tInqu'Daq 
in the big city  
in the very big city  (TKD)

 HIvje' tIn yIteb 
Fill a large glass! (PK)

targhlIj yab tIn law' no'lI' Hoch yabDu' tIn puS 
Your targ has a bigger brain than all your ancestors put together! (PK)

jonlu'meH wo'maj pop tIn law' Hoch tIn puS 
Our Empire's highest bounty has been placed on his head. (ST5 notes)

Hevetlh wIghoSchugh veH tIn wI'el maH'e' 
that course will take us into the [Great] Barrier as well.  (ST5)

tInqu' nom lengbogh DujlIj 
Your fast ship is very big (qepHom 2012)

Similar words:

-'a'		[augmentative noun suffix]
nIv		be superior (v)
jen		be high (v)
Dun  		be wonderful. Be great (v)

mach		be small, be little (v)
QIv 		be inferior (v)
-Hom		[diminutive noun suffix]

Are {tIn} and {mach} used in the paq'batlh at all or have these under-used qualities been supplanted by {-'a'} and {-Hom} there as well?


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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