[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'aq
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Dec 7 07:34:58 PST 2017
Klingon word: 'aq
Part of speech: verb
Definition: predict, prognosticate
Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
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i.e. based on deductive reasoning or science (qep'a' 2017)
SIS 'e' 'aqlu', javmaH vatlhvI' DIch
It is predicted it will rain, 60% certainty. (qep'a' 2017)
(qurgh, 7/29/2017): [Okrand] also checked with Maltz about why predicting the weather used {'e' -lu'} instead of {net} in the examples. He said that weather forecasts tend to use {'e' -lu'} over {net}, but {net} would not be wrong."
SEE ALSO:
qut predict (fraudulently or as an act) (v)
ghut predict (based on intuition or a wild guess) (v)
noH estimate (v)
loy guess (v)
leSSov foresight (n)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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