[94892] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tlhon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Thu Oct 25 10:38:01 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org"
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:36:55 +0000
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> tlhonchaj chIljaj
> May they lose their nostrils! TKD
A curious expression, if ever there was one. TKD mentions this in the context that the -jaj suffix "is particularly useful when placing a curse or making a toast.", and since the other example sentence (jaghpu'lI' DaghIjjaj) would appear to be a toast, it seems rather likely that this is a curse. Or possibly both a toast and a curse.
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It might also be relevant - if in poor taste - here to mention that the typical phrase for picking one's nose appears to be {ghIchwIjDaq jISIq'egh} (or some other variant depending on who's doing it and what finger is being used).
http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=2001-06-holqed-10-2.txt&get=source
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