tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 30 07:02:42 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tagh
> Klingon word: tagh
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: begin (a process), initiate
> Source: ADD
taghbej mu'qaD veS
Curse-warfare has definitely begun. PK
Qu' DataghDI' 'aqtu' mellota' je yIqaw
When you begin a mission, remember Aktuh and Mellota. TKW
DaH petagh
[Begin now!] (ENT "Affliction")
tagh
The Beginning PB (section title: lit. "it begins")
DaH wanI' potlh taghlu' PB
[translation unavailable]
HQ 12.2 p9: "To begin to sing a song is to {lIH} (literally, "introduce") the song...
KGT 69: When the parties are ready, a third party, sort of a referee, says {moq}, the signal to begin [a duel].
KGT 111: This expression [{vIHtaH gho} "the hoop is moving"] means that an activity of finite (though perhaps indeterminate) length has started. It is used to encourage somebody to make a decision or to perform a process more quickly.
Related words:
Dor end (v)
van end (an event) (v)
ghang end (an event) prematurely (v)
nung precede (v)
mung origin (n)
qa'vam Genesis (n)
bI'reS beginning (of an opera, play, story, speech, etc.) (n)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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