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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: luj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Sep 25 09:54:51 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:54:34 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, September 22, 2012
>
> Klingon word: luj
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: lose,not win)
As used in canon:
lujpu' jIH
I have failed. TKD
lujpu' jIH'e'
I, and only I, have failed. TKD
bIlujlaHbe'chugh bIQaplaHbe'
If you cannot fail, you cannot succeed. TKW
("If you cannot lose, you cannot win"; i.e. Nothing ventured, nothing gained).
wo' choqmeH may' DoHlu'chugh lujbe'lu'
"ending a battle to save an empire is no defeat." TKW
Cultural notes:
KGT 165-66: The slang expression is used in such constructions as {bIvonlu'pu'} ("You have failed completely"; literally, "You have been trapped"). In standard Klingon, the same idea may be expressed by saying {lujbej} ("certainly fail"), {lujchu'} ("fail perfectly"), or {lujqu'} ("really fail"), all based on {luj} ("fail"). Note that {luj} is also used to mean lose (as in "lose at a game"). To say "I lose" is {jIluj}; to say "I lose in a big way" is {jIlujqu'} or {jIlujchu'}
HQ 2.4:18: To a Klingon, to win is to function perfectly. The opposite notion, lose, is commonly {luj}, also meaning 'fail'.
Don't confuse with the verb {chIl} "lose, misplace".
Related words:
Qap win (a competition, or a war) (v)
Quj play a game (v)
SuD gamble, take a chance (v)
qaD challenge (v)
'ov compete (v)
pe''egh keep score (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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