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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chuH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Nov 7 13:07:38 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 18:07:26 +0000
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711C66BC7@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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>>> Klingon word: chuH
>>> Part of speech: verb
>>> Definition: 1) throw (a spear) at, hurl (a spear) at,
Voragh:
>> Related words:
>> jaD throw around, hurl about (v)
>> baQ toss bat'leth from one hand to the other (v)
Felix Malmenbeck:
> paq'batlh contains no uses of chuH, but it does have a relevant passage:
> [...]
> ghIq HoSHa'choHpu' moratlh
> QIStaq qul bIQtIqHomDaq
> 'etlhDaj vo' nuch
>
> And Morath's strength was gone,
> The coward threw his sword
> Into the fire streams of Kri'stak.
I might have expected {woD} "throw away" or {jaD} "throw around, hurl about" but as Okrand writes:
KGT 91: Food that has decayed ... is food that has become inedible and must be thrown away, though it is sometimes given to animals. (Note that {Soj woD} ["He/she throws the food away"], which refers to a regrettable activity, is very different from {Soj jaD} ["He/she throws or hurls the food in the manner of a projectile"], which, under certain circumstances, is considered a reasonable pastime.)
Presumably {vo'} "propel" because Morath had to throw the sword out into the volcano with some force, but not because he considered it garbage to be discarded. Interestingly, Okrand didn't use {polHa'} "discard" either.
BTW which sword was this? Did Morath fling it into the volcano to keep Kahless from getting it?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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