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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: waQ

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Thu Oct 25 16:04:48 2012

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From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:04:09 -0400
To: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> This raises the question:  What's the difference between {waQ} "obstruct" and {bot} "prevent, block, etc."?

My own impression of the difference is that {waQ} implies an object
being physically in the way, while {bot} refers to keeping a goal from
being achieved.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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