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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: laj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon May 11 10:07:17 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 14:07:01 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, May 10, 2015
>
> Klingon word: laj
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: accept
to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj
Accept these stuffed tobbaj legs! PK
jIlajneS
I'm honored to accept! (TNG "A Matter of Honor")
jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj
I accept. May your enemies run with fear." (TKW p.65)
[This is the traditional acceptance upon being asked to serve as someone's cha'DIch.]
beq may' ta vIlajpu'
I have accepted the crew's record of battle. KGT
ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj
I accept your lives into my hands. KGT
FYI: "I have accepted discommendation." (Worf, TNG "Reunion")
[Is this the Klingon idiom which Worf translated literally into Standard?]
SEE ALSO:
laj acceptance (n)
lajQo' reject (v)
Hev receive (v)
tlhap take (v)
nge' take away (v)
yaH be taken away (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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