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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pegh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Dec 31 11:04:30 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:04:17 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 31, 2014
>
> Klingon word: pegh
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: keep something secret
pegh De'vetlh
That is classified information. CK
De' pegh vIghaj
I have secret information. PK
ghoSmeH yIpegh
Stealth approach. ST5
pegh vIttlhegh
A proverb keeps things secret.
Note the homophonous noun {pegh} "secret":
HQ 5.1: Infrequently the singular {pegh} "secret" (rather than the plural {peghmey}) is heard, shortening the construction to {pegh vIttlhegh}. Since {pegh} is also a verb (meaning "keep something secret"), {pegh vIttlhegh} can also be interpreted as a sentence meaning something like "a proverb keeps things secret," that is, it withholds information rather than being a ready source of answers. To some Klingons, this is a most insightful coincidence.
nuH pegh
secret of the weapon, the weapon's secret TD
nuHvam pegh
secret of this weapon TKD
Hov ghajbe'bogh ram rur pegh ghajbe'bogh jaj
A day without secrets is like a night without stars. PK (secrecy proverb)
not mev peghmey
Secrets never cease. PK (secrecy proverb)
"When asked to speak Klingon, [Okrand] often says, {QI' peghmey vI'angQo'} which means "I refuse to reveal military secrets." (Qov, HQ 13.3:14)
SEE ALSO:
peghHa'moH cause to not keep a secret (v)
buv classify (v)
pegh vIttlhegh secrecy proverb (n)
peghmey vIttlhegh secrecy proverb (n)
ngoq code (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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