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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngaDmoH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Oct 26 10:07:16 2011
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:07:00 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6031E43B69692@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
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On 10/26/2011 9:55 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
> {ngaD} be stable, be balanced (vb.) {ngaDHa'} be unstable, be
> unbalanced (vb.)
>
> These have also never been used in a sentence, but Okrand did discuss
> the slang phrase {Duj ngaDHa'} "irresponsible/undisciplined person":
>
> KGT 150: This expression means literally "unstable vessel,
> unbalanced vessel." [...] the verb {ngaD} ("be stable, balanced",
> here followed by the negative suffix {-Ha'}) normally applies to a
> ship or a physical object, not to a situation or a person. It would
> be inappropriate to refer to a person as {ngaD} or {ngaDHa'} in a
> phrase such as *{tera'ngan ngaDHa'} ("unstable Terran"). A standard
> verb that is close in meaning is {ngIj} ("rowdy, unruly"), as in
> {tera'ngan ngIj} ("rowdy Terran").
{Duj ngaDHa'} in KGT was also the first time we saw {-Ha'} on an
adjectivally acting verb. Prior to that we'd only seen {-qu'} in TKD
({veng tInqu'Daq} "in the big city") and {-be'} in CK ({wa'maH yIHmey
lI'be'} "ten useless tribbles").
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