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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngIj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Oct 1 09:53:39 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:53:21 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, September 29, 2012
>
> Klingon word: ngIj
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be unruly, be rowdy
Used in canon:
tera'ngan ngIj
rowdy Terran KGT
In re {Duj ngaDHa'} "irresponsible/undisciplined person":
KGT 150: "This expression means literally "unstable vessel, unbalanced vessel." [...] the verb {ngaD} ("be stable, balanced", here followed by the negative suffix {-Ha'}) normally applies to a ship or a physical object, not to a situation or a person. It would be inappropriate to refer to a person as {ngaD} or {ngaDHa'} in a phrase such as {tera'ngan ngaDHa'} ("unstable Terran"). A standard verb that is close in meaning is {ngIj} ("rowdy, unruly"), as in {tera'ngan ngIj} ("rowdy Terran").
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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