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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vItlh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon May 22 09:31:35 2017
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Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 13:31:29 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, May 20, 2017
>
> Klingon word: vItlh
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be high, be great (in quantity, size, intensity)
> Source: qepHom 2016
DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS. (NASM)
Do patlh vItlhqu' chavta'. (NASM)
The examples in context:
NASM: "Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis":
tera' jaj wa'maH loS, jar wa'maH, DIS wa' Hut loS Soch, puvDI' BELL X-wa',
DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS. Do patlhvam chavta'bogh muD Duj
wa'DIch moj 'oH. [...] Do patlh vItlhqu' chavta'. qaStaHvIS wa' rep,
vaghvatlh javmaH loS qelI'qam lenglaH, wabDo wa' vI' pagh jav.
On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first
airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. [...]
He reached a speed of 1127 kilometers per hour (700
miles per hour), or Mach 1.06 at an altitude of 13,000
meters (43,000 feet).
--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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