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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pay'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Tue Apr 16 18:30:57 2013
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org"
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:30:09 +0000
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Another example from paq'batlh:
paq'yav, Canto 4, Stanza 8:
SaqSub qach tIQ beb bIngDaq
pay=92 qul=92a=92 tu=92lu=92
HochvaD pung Hutlh qul
Then fires burst under the roofs
Of the Saq=92sub=92s ancient houses,
Flames have no mercy for anyone.
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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer@uchicago.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 16:56
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pay'
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, April 12, 2013
>
> Klingon word: pay'
> Part of speech: adv
> Definition: suddenly
pay' HIvDI' lo'wI' pagh mupDI' QIHchu' bIH
[They] provide a damaging surprise attack or give a
devastating backhand stroke. SP2
Note the apparent idiom: {pay' HIv} "surprise attack" (i.e. "attack sudden=
ly")/
Cf. the verb {weH} "raid":
KGT 48: same as {yot} ["invade"], really, but with the added connotation o=
f surprise or speed
HQ 11.2: And if [the aircraft] suddenly moves forwards or backwards, it is=
said to {jer} "surge"
Treknology note:
The D-12 Bird-of-Prey was recalled from service due to a defective plasma c=
oil in the cloaking device; an ionic pulse could reset the coil, causing th=
e ship to suddenly cloak and drop its shields. (ST:Gen)
Related words:
nom quickly (adv)
SIbI' immediately (adv)
tugh soon (adv)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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