[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vItlh

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon May 22 06:31:29 PDT 2017


> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, May 20, 2017
> 
> Klingon word: vItlh
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be high, be great (in quantity, size, intensity)
> Source: qepHom 2016

  DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS.  (NASM)

  Do patlh vItlhqu' chavta'.  (NASM)

The examples  in context:

		NASM: "Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis":

tera' jaj wa'maH loS, jar wa'maH, DIS wa' Hut loS Soch, puvDI' BELL X-wa', 
DoDaj vItlh law' wab Do vItlh puS.  Do patlhvam chavta'bogh muD Duj
wa'DIch moj 'oH.  [...]  Do patlh vItlhqu' chavta'.   qaStaHvIS wa' rep, 
vaghvatlh javmaH loS qelI'qam lenglaH, wabDo wa' vI' pagh jav.  

On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first 
airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. [...] 
He reached a speed of 1127 kilometers per hour (700 
miles per hour), or Mach 1.06 at an altitude of 13,000 
meters (43,000 feet).



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Voragh
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