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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Feb 22 10:17:59 2013

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:17:44 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2013
> 
> Klingon word:   len
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:         recess, break

AFAIK never used in canon.

Related words:

lenHom  	short break (n.)

*lenmat  	adjourned (?)
  - K'Tal adjourns a session of the High Council by saying "{Len'mat!}" (TNG "Redemption I").  However, in DS9 "House of Quark" Gowron announced: "{Yej rhin}. Council is adjourned!"  

leSpoH 		shore leave (n)

Similar verbs:

leS 	rest, relax (v)
  - bIleSnIS  You need a rest. TKD
  - yIleS  Relax! CK
  - loQ yIleS  Take a brief rest! PK
  - bIleS 'e' yImev  Stop relaxing! Stop resting! PK
  - jIleS  I relax. KLS
 - yIleSHa'  Stop relaxing! CK

yev 	pause, take a break (v)
  - loQ yIyev  Take a short pause. PK

ghIQ 	take a vacation (v)
  - Qo'noSDaq bIghIQ'a'  Are you vacationing on Kronos? CK
  - HIja', Qo'noSDaq jIghIQ  Yes, I'm vacationing on Kronos. CK

Dum	nap (v)
  - loQ yIDum  Take a short nap. PK
  - bIDum 'e' yImev  Stop napping! PK

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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