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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lIl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Mar 20 11:28:32 2017
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:28:27 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 20, 2017
>
> Klingon word: lIl
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: simulate, impersonate
> Source: November 2016 email to Lieven
From Lieven's post announcing the new words from qepHom 2016:
{lIl} is a verb meaning something like "simulate, impersonate."
The idea is one of doing something such that the subject of the
verb looks or behaves like something (or someone) else or represents
something (or someone) else. The word has no connotation of fraud or
anything underhanded (in this respect, it's like {ghet}). The object
is the thing being simulated or the person being impersonated.
{lIlwI'} ("simulator," for lack of a better term) is different from
{lIw} ("substitute") since {lIw} implies replacement (the notion of
"instead of") while a {lIlwI'} doesn't replace anyone or anything.
SEE ALSO:
ghet pretend (v)
ngeb be counterfeit/false/be fake (v)
Da behave as, act in the manner of (v)
-qoq so-called
TREK TRIVIA:
Future Alexander impersonated K'mtar, *gin'tak* to the House of Mogh, when he travelled back through time. (TNG "Firstborn")
--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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