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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lIl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Mar 20 11:50:12 2017
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:50:08 +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
Voragh just posted:
> 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 (N3 suffix)
A couple more that occurred to me after hitting the "SEND" button:
HoQ be honored falsely, be falsely honorable (v)
Qaq behave falsely honorably, behave in a falsely
honorable manner (v)
BTW everyone (including beginners) should feel free to add to my "See Also" lists of similar, opposite or related words. With all the new vocabulary over the past year or so it's hard to keep up!
--
Voragh
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