tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 06:40:52 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jegh
Anthony Appleyard wrote:
>> Is {{jegh}} transitive or intransitive? There is a big difference here.
SuStel:
> It has always appears as an intransitive verb, e.g., {not jegh
> tlhInganpu'}.
More examples:
bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh
Surrender or die! TKD
jeghbe' tlhInganpu'
Klingons do not surrender. TKW
not jegh tlhIngan SuvwI'
a Klingon warrior never surrenders KGT
paghlogh jegh tlhIngan SuvwI'
a Klingon warrior surrenders zero times (sic) KGT
jIjegh ghe'torvo' narghDI' qa'pu'
I will surrender when spirits escape from Gre'thor. KGT
not yIjegh!
[("Never surrender!") Marc Okrand's common inscription on books/photos]
TLW 89: In Klingon, the word for surrender, {jegh}, also can be translated as "give up", in the sense of abandoning a project.
"Commander, signal the following in all languages and in all frequencies: We surrender." (Picard, TNG "Encounter at Farpoint I")
"A Klingon would never have surrendered" (Kang, TOS "Day of the Dove")
SEE ALSO:
bup quit (v)
paj resign (v)
choS desert (v)
lon abandon (v)
moS compromise (v)
mev stop, cease (v)
baq terminate, discontinue (v)
yev pause, take a break (v)
Doghjey unconditional surrender (n)
Note the similarity to the noun {jagh} "enemy".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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