[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: taqmoH

[nIqolay Q]

I took it as a sort of backhanded compliment, like saying "your face
doesn't look so terrible now!"

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 11:57 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't understand why use {Du'arghHa'moH} instead of {Dub}.
>
> Nor do I want to.
>
> ~ nIghma'
>
> On Nov 9, 2017 18:42, "Steven Boozer" <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> I was updating my files just now with the Klingon dialogue from the latest
> DSC episode "Si vis pacem, para bellum" when I noticed a relevant exchange
> for today's WOTD:
>
> KOL:    lIr'el, Du'arghHa'moH mIvwa'.
>         The scar is an improvement, L'Rell.
>
> L'RELL: SanDIy 'oH. vItuQmo' jIHem.
>         Earned in battle. I wear it with pride.
>
> --Voragh
>
> ------------------------------Original Message-----------------------
> -------
> From: Voragh
>
> Klingon word: taqmoH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: scar
> Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
>
> (qep'a' 24 New Words):  So if you have a scar that you got in a fight,
> that could be either a {mIvwa'} or a {SanDIy}. If you don't know whether
> someone's scar resulted from a wound or a disease, it's probably safest to
> go with {mIvwa'}. If the person's scar is actually a {SanDIy}, he/she will,
> under most circumstances, clarify this for you. If it's a {roptoj}, he/she
> may let the "misdiagnosis" slide since, as we all know, {ropchoHbe'
> tlhInganpu'}."
>
> SEE:
> taq             be scarred (v)
> mIvwa'          scar (result of a wound, regardless of how the wound
> occurred) (n)
> roptoj          scar (result of some sort of disease, infection, etc.) (n)
> SanDIy          scar (result of a wound received in the course of
> fighting/battling) (n)
>
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