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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jegh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jul 6 09:58:51 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 13:58:14 +0000
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>> Klingon word: jegh
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: surrender, give up
Anthony Appleyard:
> Is {jegh} transitive or intransitive? There is a big difference here.
> * Transitive :: pu' jegh :: he surrenders the phaser, he hands the
> phaser over
> * Intransitive :: jegh :: he surrenders, he hands himself over.
As SuStel has explained, {jegh} is intransitive. For the transitive meaning Klingon seems to use the general verb {nob} "give". E.g.
yaSvaD taj nobpu' qama'
The prisoner gave the officer the knife. TKD
This could easily have been translated as "The prisoner surrendered his knife to the officer".
I couldn't find a better verb, but various types of giving and receiving include:
ghaq contribute
rup fine, tax
tam exchange
laj accept
Hev receive
tlhap take
nge' take away
yaH be taken away
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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