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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: polHa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Sep 19 11:01:26 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:01:07 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, September 19, 2014
>
> Klingon word: polHa'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: discard
pollaH pagh polHa'laH
can either keep it or discard it
KGT 116f.: This is a way to say "The matter is unimportant" or "It does not make any difference". The phrase is usually used in response to someone who expresses a concern about something, and the it in the translation refers to the matter under discussion. It is sometimes phrased in terms of the speaker, as in {vIpollaH pagh vIpolHa'laH} ("I can either keep it or I can discard it"), or the listener, as in {DapollaH pagh DapolHa'laH} ("You can either keep it or you can discard it").
TREK TRIVIA:
After the spirit has departed the body, Klingon warriors consider the corpse to be only an "empty shell", to be disposed of accordingly (cf. TNG "Heart of Glory")
SEE ALSO:
pol keep, save, store KBoP (v)
leH maintain (v)
ngaS contain (v)
choq preserve (v)
polmeH pa' [storeroom] (n)
- Soj polmeH pa' food storage [locker/compartment] KBoP
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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