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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngaDmoH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Oct 26 10:29:06 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:28:49 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4EA81404.801@trimboli.name>
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Voragh:
>> {ngaDHa'} be unstable, be unbalanced (vb.)
>> [...] 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").
SuStel:
> {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").
Another example from KGT is {'eyHa'}:
KGT 84: All food is considered to be good in its natural state; it takes the intervention of a "cook" to ruin it. Thus, the word {'eyHa'}, used to describe food that is edible but is not particularly tasty, means something like "undelicious", implying that someone caused it to cease being delicious.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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