[84119] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: laj (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 4 22:02:03 2008
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:20:59 -0600
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, February 3, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: laj
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: acceptance
Never used in canon.
>Homonyms:
> laj (verb) - accept
Used in canon:
to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj
Accept these stuffed tobbaj legs! PK
jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj.
I accept. May your enemies run with fear. (TKW p.65; TNG "Sins of the
Father")
N.B. This is the traditional acceptance when asked to serve as someone's
{cha'DIch}.
jIlajneS
I'm honored to accept! (TNG "A Matter of Honor")
beq may' ta vIlajpu'
I have accepted the crew's record of battle. KGT
ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj
I accept your lives into my hands. KGT
Note Worf's comment:
"I have accepted discommendation." [TNG "Reunion"]
which *might* be a translation of a Klingon idiom ?{naDHa'ghach
vIlajpu'}. Note that he did not say, "I have been discommended", "They
have discommended me", etc.
Related verbs:
{Hev} receive; {tlhap} take; {nge'} take away; {yaH} be taken away
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
