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Re: Klingon WOTD: lo'laH (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 11 11:26:47 2008
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:25:08 -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 10, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: lo'laH
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be valuable
It is a simple verb in its own right (though it's an unusual
two-syllable one), not the verb {lo'} "use" plus Type 5 suffix
{-laH} "can". It is likely that there is some sort of historical
connection to the verb + suffix form, but, if so, it is just
that -- historical. (Okrand, st.klingon 11/97)]
>Antonyms: lo'laHbe'
"be worthless"
Used in canon:
vIlo'laHbe'
They are useless to me. I cannot use them. TKD
leghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej
A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. TKW
lo'laHbe'; chetvI' chIm rur
worthless as an empty torpedo tube KGT
Related verbs:
{lI'} be useful; {wagh} be expensive
{lI'be'} be useless; {qutlh} be cheap
Related nouns:
{lo'laHghach} "value" [TKD 4.2.9]
{lo'laHbe'ghach} "worthlessness" [TKD 4.2.9]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
