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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Apr 2 15:05:48 2013

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 19:05:30 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 02, 2013
> 
> Klingon word: jejHa'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be dull


'etlh QorghHa'lu'chugh ragh 'etlh nIvqu' 'ej jejHa'choH 
Even the best blade will rust and grow dull unless it is cared for. TKW

jejHa'; naH taj rur 
dull as a vegetable knife KGT 


KGT 85:  When talking about the quality of a dish, one may say ... {jejHa' pach} ("The claw is dull"; in other words, the food is bland, where {jejHa'} ["dull"] really means something like de-sharpened).

KGT 126:  If the food is bland, one may say {jejHa' pach} ("The claw is dull").


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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