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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'IDnar lIlwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jul 31 11:41:41 2017
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:41:37 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, July 31, 2017
>
> Klingon word: 'IDnar lIlwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: stage magician
> Source: November 2016 email to Lieven
(Lieven, 11/25/16): The most common way to refer to a magician, like Kalibo, is {mIn yuqwI'} ({yuq} is "outwit, outsmart") ... Another expression for magician is {'IDnar lIlwI'} ... "perform magic" (as Kalibo does) is {mIn yuq} or {'IDnar lIl}.
As for actual or "real" magic:
(Lieven, 11/25/216): To conjure or to cast a spell, which is what wizards do, is {reS]. So a wizard or sorcerer can also be called a {reSwI'}. A spell, in this sense, is {tlheH}. One can say either {tlheH reS} or just {reS} alone for "he/she casts a spell." Maltz wasn't sure if there is anything besides {tlheH} that can be the object of {reS}, since Maltz isn't a {'IDnar pIn'a'}, but maybe there is.
SEE:
'IDnar magic, wizardry (n)
'IDnar pIn'a' wizard, sorcerer (n)
lIl simulate, impersonate (v)
--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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