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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bel
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Oct 15 10:20:47 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:20:28 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 15, 2013
>
> Klingon word: bel
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be pleased
AFAIK the simple, unsuffixed verb {bel} has never been used in a sentenced.
KGT 71: Among Klingons, pleasure is deemed quite unessential for one's well-being.
Related vocabulary:
belHa' be displeased (v)
belHa'moH displease (v)
belmoH please (v)
bel pleasure, joy (n)
belghach "pleasureness" (n) (a "marked term")
belpu'ghach "having been pleased" (n) (a "marked term")
'utbe' bel
Pleasure is nonessential. TKW
lenglIj lutebjaj lengwIjvaD bel rap, Sov [rap, ngoQ rap
je] Danobpu'bogh
May your journey be filled with the same joy, wisdom,
and purpose you have given mine. (Frasier)
qabelmoH'a'
Do I please you? (Do you like me?) PK
tlhIHvaD paq chu' wImuch 'e' bochaw'mo' chequvmoH 'ej
chebelmoH. lut'a'raj Dun laDlaHmeH tera'ngan, tera'Daq
tlhIngan lut'a' paq wa'DIch wIchenmoHta', lut'a' 'oH
paq'batlh'e'.
It is a great honor and pleasure that you have allowed
us to present you with the first Terran edition of your
glorious epic, the *paq'batlh*.
(Vincent Van Gerven Oei's speech at qepHom 10-DIch)
lIbelmoH paqvam 'e' vItul
we hope that you will be pleased with the results
(Vincent Van Gerven Oei's speech at qepHom 10-DIch)
Similar verbs:
parHa' like (v)
Quch be happy (v)
tIv enjoy (v)
tlhu'moH tempt (v)
yon be satisfied (v)
yonmoH satisfy (v)
QuchHa' be unhappy (v)
'IQ be sad (v)
'It be depressed (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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