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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lo'laH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 2 10:10:41 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:10:30 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, February 02, 2015
>
> Klingon word: lo'laH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be valuable
st.k (11/1997): It is a simple verb in its own right (though it's an unusual two-syllable one), not the verb {lo'} "use" plus Type 5 suffix {-laH} "can". It is likely that there is some sort of historical connection to the verb + suffix form, but, if so, it is just that--historical."
vIlo'laHbe'
They are useless to me.
I cannot use them. TKD
leghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej
A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. TKW
lo'laHbe'; chetvI' chIm rur
worthless as an empty torpedo tube KGT
SEE ALSO:
lo'laHbe' be worthless (v)
lo'laHbe'ghach worthlessness (n)
lo'laHghach value (n)
Qej [cherish, hold dear, regard as precious?] (v)
lI' be useful (v)
lI'be' be useless (v)
wagh be expensive (v)
qutlh be cheap (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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