[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vIt

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 08, 2019

Klingon word: vIt
Part of speech: noun
Definition: truth
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  charghbej vIt 
  The truth shall conquer.  (KCD)

[(Language Lab)] KCD:  In this Klingon proverb, the suffix {-bej}, following the verb {chargh} "conquer", means certainly or undoubtedly. Thus, "there's no doubt that the truth shall conquer."  The word for truth is {vIt}, and it's also found in the word {vItHay'}, the truth test.

vIt  tell the truth (v)

CULTURAL NOTES:
  "The truth must be won."  (Advocate Ch'Pok to Sisko, DS9 "Rules of Engagement")

SEE:
vItHay'  	truthtest,  truth test (n)
vIttlhegh  	proverb (n)

SEE ALSO:
potlh 		consequential thing, something important (n)

teH 		be true (v)
'Ip 		vow, swear (v)
lay' 		promise (v)
lugh 		be right, correct (v)
potlh 		be important (v)
qar 		be accurate (v)
yuDHa' 		be honest (v)

muj 		be wrong (v)
Qagh 		be mistaken (v)
mIy 		brag (v)
lach 		exaggerate (v)
nep 		lie (v)

APPOSITE QUOTATIONS  (translation practice?):
  "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." (George Orwell)
  "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." (George Orwell)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons