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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pov
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jun 23 09:27:56 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:27:50 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, June 21, 2014
>
> Klingon word: pov
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be excellent
DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS
It [IKC Pagh] has the best weapons... S7
KGT 159-61: The slang usage of {qu'} is currently extremely common among Klingons, and it has pretty much displaced another slang term with the same set of meanings (excellent, wonderful, etc.), {Huv} (literally, "be clear, not obstructed"), which was in vogue not all that long ago. The use of {Huv} for "excellent" is now considered old-fashioned. This is also the case with {nong} (passionate), an even older slang term for excellent. (As of this writing, the slang usage of {nong} seems to be making a comeback, but it is still too early to say whether this will really happen.) Nonslang verbs expressing similar ideas are {Dun} (be wonderful, great), {pov} (be excellent).
Similar words:
QaQ be good (v)
Don't confuse {pov} "be excellent" with the apparently unrelated noun {pov} "afternoon".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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