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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: potlh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jul 16 10:21:54 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:21:40 +0000
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> Klingon word: potlh
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: something important
Used in canon:
tlhIngan qorDu' potlh
Klingon Family Values. S13
{potlh De'} "priority message":
HoD, yo' SeHyaH nIvvo' potlh De' wIHevtaH
[Captain, we are receiving a priority message from
[Fleet] Operations Command. (ST5 notes)
Note the homophonus verb {potlh} "be important":
potlhbe' to'.
[Tactics aren't important.] (ST3 DVD case)
tlhIngan qorDu' pong potlh law' Hoch potlh puS
Above all, the Klingon family name is highly valued. S13
qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan
ghob potlhqu'
devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most
important Klingon virtues. S13
batlh potlh law' yIn potlh puS
Honor is more important than life. TKW
potlhbe'chugh yay qatlh pe''eghlu'
If winning is not important, then why keep score? TKW
tlhIngan wo' yuQmey chovlu'chugh Qo'noS potlh law'
Hoch potlh puS.
The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo'noS... S27
nentay loptaHvIS tlhIngan potlh tlhIngan 'oy'naQ'e'
The Klingon Painstik is an important part of a
Klingon's Age of Ascension ceremony. S32
tlhIngan toQDuj Duj De' potlh
Klingon Bird of Prey General Specifications. KBoP
Marc Okrand jIH. De' potlh vIlab.
I am Marc Okrand and I bring you an important message. ('U'-MTK)
Related words:
qolqoS essence (n)
De' information (n)
vIt truth (n)
ngoD fact (n)
ngoQ goal, purpose (n)
Dap nonsense (n)
tu'HomI'raH something useless (n)
pav be urgent (v)
ram be trivial, be insignificant (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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