[87281] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Question for KLBC - My hand hurts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Nov 30 09:21:08 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:18:47 -0600
In-Reply-To: <DD31ECCE-D748-4856-BC4D-6B07ACC93968@alcaco.net>
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Philip Scott wrote:
>> Hello fellow linguists.How do you say something hurts. Does it
>> work like English?
>> *'oy' ghopwij*
ghunchu'wI':
> That seems to be the correct usage.
Examples of {'oy'} "ache, hurt, be sore" from canon:
jI'oy'
I ache. KLS
'oy'a'
Will it hurt? TKD
loQ 'oy'DI' SuvwI' bepbe'
A warrior does not complain about physical discomfort.
TKW 46: The Federation Standard word "discomfort" somewhat distorts the meaning of the Klingon, which refers to a warrior aching slightly.
'oy'be'lu'chugh Qapbe'lu'
No pain, no gain. TKW
bImoH. 'oy' mInDu'wIj.
You're ugly. My eyes ache. KGT
'oy'qu' Qay'wI'wIj
my little toe aches a lot
(IDIOM: I'm extremely angry.) [HQ 10.2]
>> Or is it more like my hand is hurting me
>> *mu'oy' ghopwij*
>
> That would be {mu'oy'moH ghopwIj}.
{'oy'moH} "inflict (cause) pain" in canon:
SIQwI' lu'oy'moHmeH juppu'Daj 'oy'naQmey lo' chaH
The Painstik is employed by friends of the recipient... S32
chIch vay' 'oy'moHmeH 'oy'naQ 'ul law' tlhuD 'oH
Painstiks... emit a highly-charged shock for the express purpose of inflicting pain. S32
> However, the verb {'aw'} "sting" does work this way:
> {mu'aw' mInDu'wIj} "my eyes sting" from Power Klingon.
Cf. also {qotlh} "tickle":
qaqotlh
I tickle you. KLS
cheqotlhchugh maHaghbe''a'
Tickle us, do we not laugh? TKW
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
