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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'elI'jaH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Apr 5 10:33:38 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:33:07 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, April 05, 2013
>
> Klingon word: 'elI'jaH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: Unexpected visitor, uninvited guest
> Source: qep'a' 2007
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
PUN:
In Jewish tradition there should always be an empty place setting at the Shabbat and Passover Seder table just in case Elijah turns up. If a guest comes unexpectedly, he would sit there--he may well be Elijah in disguise.
Okrand's message to Lieven (11/23?/2008):
{nIyma'} is the Klingon word for phantom or apparition -
something that seems to appear, but isn't really there.
[...] He said that although the word doesn't really mean
"invited guest that doesn't show up", it made a lot of
sense to him to use {nIyma'} to refer to such a person.
Similar words:
meb guest (n)
Such visit (v)
pIH expect (v)
tlhob request (v) [use for "invite"?]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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