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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' wejmaH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Mar 8 15:52:10 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:51:54 -0600
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmM=w7KX5e2-TNsCCw002i+5sq70JYVxbLrXL6CWjAy56w@mail.gmail.com>
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De'vID jonpIn:
>> KIRK: We've been set up all along.
>> MARTIA: Somebody up there wants you out of the way.
>
> KIRK: wIlumoHlu'meH HIghlu'.[2]
> MARTIA: DungDaq vay' tu'lu'. Sungab neH ghaH.
Nice use of the under-utilized {HIgh} "fight dirty". I also like {lumoH} "cause (someone) to suffer a loss of status", though I would phrase it a bit more simply:
wIlumoHlu'! HIghpu' vay'!
> [2] - What's a good way to say "to be set up"?
Good question. Considering Klingon power politics, this must happen frequently.
You could always go with the tried-and-true:
pIch wIghajbe'! wIta'pu'be'!
It's not our fault! We didn't do it!
Or consider the verb {QuS} "conspire", used once in SkyBox S99
HaDlu'meH, QuSlu'meH, SuDlu'meH lojmIt Da logh Hop Hut
tengchaH. vaj loghDaq lenglaHtaH Humanpu'
space station Deep Space Nine is the gateway for the
exploration, intrigue and enterprise that mark the
continuation of the human adventure into space...
Since {QuS} can take {-lu'}, it might be able to take an object:
? DIQuSlu'ba'pu'!
We've obviously been conspired against!
If this doesn't work, there's the noun {QuS}:
QuS 'oH! wIta'pu'be'!
It's a conspiracy! We didn't do it!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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