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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: wovmoHwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Oct 21 13:35:43 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:18:30 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CAMZYS2X06SwcSjFdikM5-6W1-VJR+021wyvm+JUiKsreG+orTg@mail.gmail.com>
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<< << Klingon word: wovmoHwI'
<< << Part of speech: noun
<< << Definition: light (lamp)
We have two known examples:
telDaq wovmoHwI'mey
Wing Lights (KBoP)
wovmoHwI' moQ
light bulb (TNK)
qunnoQ HoD:
>>> Because (lamp) was added by me to clarify that this is a light source
>>
>> so,it could be used to describe the afterburner of an aircraft too ?
>> or is it only applied to sources of light, used solely for <<domestic>> purposes ?
naHQun:
> Pause for a second and break down the Klingon word (wov -moH -wI')
> What meaning do you get from the word now?
qunnoQ, {wov} "be light, be bright" (v) in canon FYI:
SuD Dargh 'ej wov
The tea is {SuD} and light. (KGT)
SuDbogh Dargh 'ej wovbogh
The tea that is {SuD} and light. (KGT)
[i.e. two ways to refer to tea with "a yellowish tinge"]
Qapqu' wovmoHbogh janHommey
It even has working lights! (Hallmark commercial)
["It" was Hallmark's Bird-of-Prey Christmas tree ornament]
nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'
Our lives burn short and bright. (Anthem)
wov; ghI'boj Sech rur
bright as the Torch of G'boj (KGT)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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