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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: let
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon May 6 10:14:08 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 14:13:58 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, May 04, 2013
>
> Klingon word: let
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be hard (like a rock)
let mInDu'Daj; Separmey rur
Her eyes are as hard as *separ*-stones. KGT
("Her eyes are hard; they resemble *separ*")
letqu' QongDaq
The bed is very hard. CK
When Captain K'Vada showed Picard to his quarters aboard his Bird-of-Prey, he slapped the hard bed - more like a sleeping shelf - and sneered, "You will sleep Klingon-style. We do not cushion our bodies by putting down a pad." Nonplussed, Picard slapped the "bed" himself and replied, "Good. I like it that way." (TNG "Unification I")
CK: Since Klingons are accommodating of foreigners, guest rooms in hotels do come equipped with a bed but that it's most often made of the same material as the floor.
N.B. use {Qatlh} for "be hard/difficult"
Related words:
naHlet nut, nuts (n) KGT
'echlet board (n) MKE
tun be soft (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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