[84460] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: motlh (adverb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Apr 21 10:47:50 2008
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:46:36 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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At 05:00 AM Sunday 4/20/2008, you wrote:
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, April 20, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: motlh
>Part of Speech: adverb
>Definition: usually, typically, as expected
Used in canon:
motlh ray' luSamlaHmeH De' Qatlh cha' tlhIngan Duj jIH'a'
The main viewer on a Klingon ship is usually overlaid with
a complex target acquisition grid. SP3
motlh pIm 'ejyo' Dujmey
Unlike most Starfleet vessels...
["Starfleet vessels are usually different"] SP3
Related words:
{roD} "usually, customarily, habitually, regularly":
roD 'oHvaD juHqo' ponglu' neH
[Qo'noS] is usually referred to as simply "The Homeworld." S27
*{motlhHa'} "unusually" has been suggested. Adding {-Ha'} to {motlh} is
theoretically possible, but so far unattested:
HQ 4.4: Whether this {-Ha'} can be added to all adverbials is not clear.
The notes taken while working with Maltz indicate that he balked at
{vajHa'} ("not thus"?) but accepted {Do'Ha'} "unfortunately". Information
on other adverbials has not yet been uncovered, though it is probably in
the notes somewhere.
>Homonyms:
> motlh (verb) - be usual, normal
Used in canon:
nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh 'oH
tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor,
attached to an extended power supply stock. S14
qughDo motlh: pIvlob vagh
Normal Cruising Speed - Warp 5. KBoP
{motlhbe'} "be unusual":
tera'ngan motlhbe' SoH
You are an unusual Terran. PK
KGT 94: If a dish with a standard preparation technique (a {nay' motlh},
"usual dish") is being offered, asking how it is to be prepared is a
demonstration of cultural ignorance.
Related verbs:
{le'be'} "be unexceptional, be nonspecific, be general"; ant. {le'} "be
special, be exceptional"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
