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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: waQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Oct 25 16:07:57 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:07:25 +0000
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jatlhpu' Voragh:
For comparison we have the similar verb {bot} "prevent, block" which has be=
en used:
Dubotchugh yIpummoH =
If it's in your way, knock it down. TKW
HuDqIjDaq qet ghIq Hechaj bot QIStaq =
Running Over the Black Hills Until Kri'stak blocks their path. (PB)
qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot. =
Intercept Rudellian plague relief convoy to Cardassian Union. MKE
lojmItDaj veghta'DI' jubbe'wI' yInqa'meH chegh 'e' botnIS
qotar qeylIS HoHmeH qotar qeylIS SamnIS =
Still, Kotar cannot let a mortal Pass his gates and return
alive, Kahless must be hunted down and killed. (PB)
yab matlh muvchuqghach Sorgh vay' 'e' vIbotjaj. =
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.
(Sonnet 116)
This raises the question: What's the difference between {waQ} "obstruct" a=
nd {bot} "prevent, block, etc."?
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jatlhpu' quljIb:
...{waQ} is used when there is an inanimate obstruction {lojmIt waQ Sor HoH=
pu'}, while {bot} is used when there is an animate object *actively* involv=
ed {lojmIt bot mIl'oD}. =
The canon seems to support the idea that {bot} means an active impediment.=
=A0 Especially the first three examples.
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I should have said: What's the difference between {waQ} and {bot} *in Klin=
gon usage*. As we have no examples of the former, this cannot be answered =
at the present time. Interestingly, the word {le'mIS} "blockade" used in K=
lingon Monopoly is unrelated to either word:
DIvI' le'mISvo' bInargh. =
Escape Federation blockade. MKE
(Hmm... I sense another pun. Something from "Les Mis" perhaps?)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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