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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qay'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Mar 10 10:13:27 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:13:14 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 10, 2014
>
> Klingon word: qay'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be a problem, be a hassle
> Source: TKD
qay'be'
It's not a problem. No problem! TKD
qay'be'. Daq SovlaHbe'taH qIrq.
[It does not matter.] Kirk cannot know the location. ST6
Qov: I remember hearing, I *think* from Marc Okrand himself, that {qay'be'} was created in honour of a member of the tech crew on one of the movie sets who said "no problem" in response to all requests. By that logic, it means "I can do that/did that/will do that without difficulty." A friendly boast.
Similar words:
Seng cause trouble (v)
*QapHa' [fail, malfunction, be "out of order"} (v)
Seng trouble (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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