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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jan 2 09:50:03 2013

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 14:49:48 +0000
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> Klingon word:   vaq
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     mock

bI'reS qeylIS vaq molor 
First, Molor taunts Kahless (PB 140-141)

KGT 21:  It is not uncommon for speakers of one dialect to imitate the speech of another, whether as a way to mock the speakers of a nonstandard dialect...

Related words:

nuS 		ridicule (v)
Hagh 	laugh (v)
qID 		make/tell a joke (v)
tIch		insult (v)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


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