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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: laj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Apr 30 09:19:55 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:19:36 +0000
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> Klingon word: laj
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: acceptance
As used in canon:
to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj
Accept these stuffed tobbaj legs! PK
jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj
I accept. May your enemies run with fear." (TKW p.65)
[This is the traditional acceptance upon being asked to serve as someone's {cha'DIch}. Cf. TNG "Sins of the Father"]
beq may' ta vIlajpu'
I have accepted the crew's record of battle. KGT
ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj
I accept your lives into my hands. KGT
As used in Trek:
jIlajneS
I'm honored to accept! (TNG "A Matter of Honor")
"I have accepted discommendation." [Worf, TNG "Reunion" < ?{naDHa'ghach vIlajpu'} [idiom?])
Cultural note re {lajQo'} "reject":
KGT 101f.: When taking a table's order, the {jabwI'} neither writes anything down nor enters data into a computer. It is considered the duty of the {jabwI'} to remember ({qaw}) the choices and to bring the correct food, and servers tend to be quite skilled at this. On the rare occasion when the {jabwI'} has remembered incorrectly ({qawHa'}), the patron may reject ({lajQo'}) the dish. If the patron rejects a dish that the server believes has been properly remembered, however, the misunderstanding could develop into minor combat. For most of the other diners in the restaurant, this is regarded as an exhilarating diversion.
Related words:
laj acceptance (n.)
Hev receive (v)
yaH be taken away (v)
nge' take away (v)
tlhap take (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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