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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nuD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Dec 12 12:03:57 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:03:45 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmOmR=HrTW8JKauTpAJqFUkUPJHP2SWS_XwkRaMLiggwQg@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
>> Klingon word: =A0 nuD
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: =A0 =A0 examine
>
>Used in canon:
>
>=A0 nItlhejbogh petaQmey tInuD
>=A0 Look at these *p'takhs* at your side [sic!] (PB)
=A0
De'vID:
> Interesting that {petaQ} takes {-mey} here.
When this was first posted to this list, someone (I don't know who) comment=
ed that the line was:
shouted by Molor at Kahless; not sure if the {-mey} was
intentional to add insult to, well, insult.
FYI: I know of 2 other examples of {petaQ} in the {paq'batlh}:
nuqDaq ghaH petaQ'e' =
Where is the *p'takh* [...] (PB)
petaQ'a' SoH =
You dirty *p'takh*. (PB)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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