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Re: Klingon WOTD: ngIl (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Mon Apr 14 14:14:18 2008
From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:12:21 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In a message dated 4/14/2008 11:13:41 AM Central Daylight Time,
sboozer@uchicago.edu writes:
> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, April 12, 2008.
> >
> >Klingon word: ngIl
> >Part of Speech: verb
> >Definition: dare
>
> Used in canon:
>
> qagh, ro'qegh'Iwchab, targh tIq Sop 'e' lungIl Humanpu' puS
> Few humans dare to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ. S21
>
I'd forgotten this example.
I assumed that {ngIl} meant 'dare' in the sense of 'challenge':
I dare you to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ!
Is there any reason not to use {ngIl} like this?
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