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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jav
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Jul 5 10:13:52 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 14:13:41 +0000
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> Klingon word: jav
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: prisoner (slang)
KGT 153: The origin of this slang usage of {jav} (literally, "six") is unknown. The usual word for prisoner is {qama'} ... This verb [{luH}] literally means "yank" and is used in such sentences as {jav luHpu' 'avwI'} ("The guard has caused a prisoner to confess"--literally, "The guard has yanked a six"). Standard words expressing the same notions are {DISmoH} ("cause to confess") and {peghHa'moH} ("cause to not keep a secret").
PUN:
Patrick McGoohan played Number Six in the TV show "The Prisoner."
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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