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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yonmoH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Apr 23 09:53:41 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:53:23 +0000
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> Klingon word: yonmoH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: satisfy
Never used in a sentence.
Cultural notes:
KCD: A {bIQ bal} (water jug) is "Traditionally kept filled and set at the front door of every warrior home. It is said, when a warrior returns from battle, he thirsts, and should not want for satisfaction."
Language notes:
KGT 84: Food also resembles music in that if it affects one in an especially positive way--that is, if the food particularly satisfies the eater--one may say {DuQ Soj} ("The food stabs him/her").
KGT 120: The Klingon word {maj} is an exclamation expressing satisfaction, generally translated as simply "good," and functioning as a sentence in its own right.
KGT 148: The [slang] word {chong} may also be used as an exclamation expressing approval or satisfaction, somewhat like standard {maj} (good).
Cf. also {yon} "be satisfied":
qab yon Da'agh. qablIj yon yI'aghHa' 'aghHa'pa' 'etlhwIj.
Scrape that smug look from your face before my blade
does it for you. (STConst p.259)
Related words:
belmoH please (v)
bel be pleased (v)
Quch be happy/merry (v)
bel pleasure, joy (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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