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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pol
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jun 15 10:20:20 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:20:09 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, June 15, 2015
>
> Klingon word: pol
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: keep, save
nuqDaq yuch Dapol
Where do you keep the chocolate? TKD
pollaH pagh polHa'laH
can either keep it or discard it
KGT 116f.: This is a way to say "The matter is unimportant" or "It does not make any difference". The phrase is usually used in response to someone who expresses a concern about something, and the it in the translation refers to the matter under discussion. It is sometimes phrased in terms of the speaker, as in {vIpollaH pagh vIpolHa'laH} ("I can either keep it or I can discard it"), or the listener, as in {DapollaH pagh DapolHa'laH} ("You can either keep it or you can discard it").
polmeH jav QujwI' lIwmey
6 collectible tokens MKE
chaw'vam yIpol 'ej SIbI'Ha' yIlo' pagh 'oH yImech
This card may be kept until needed or traded. MKE
polHa' discard KGT (v)
After the spirit has departed the body, Klingon warriors consider the corpse to be only an "empty shell", to be disposed of accordingly (cf. TNG "Heart of Glory")
polmeH pa' storeroom KBoP
Soj polmeH pa'
food storage [locker/compartment] KBoP
SEE ALSO:
leH maintain (v)
ngaS contain (v)
choq preserve (v)
toD save, rescue (v)
woD throw away (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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