[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: magh

[Steven Boozer]

I don't have anything else listed for *{magh}.  

The KLS example phrases for the verbs were usually just one word.  E.g.

  Dogh  be foolish
    "Quality, to be lacking in good sense, or to be frivolous." (KLS)
     - bIDogh 	You are silly. (KLS)

  Dun  be wonderful 
    "Quality, to be outstanding, or worthy of admiration." (KLS)
     - maDun 	We are wonderful. (KLS)

As De'vID mentioned, although the extended definitions were not written by Okrand but by KLS staff, the examples were seen by him:  IIRC if you clicked on one you would hear Okrand pronounce the word.  In a few cases this was useful in determining transitivity when one of the "object prefixes" was used.  E.g.

  DuQ  stab 
    "Verb, to strike at with a sharp object... refers to a thrusting motion made
      by a pointed weapon, usually a knife." (KLS)
     - qaDuQ 	I stab you. (KLS)

Most of the time however it was obvious that the English verb was transitive, even if the Klingon verb was otherwise unattested in canon at the time.  I wrote them down because at the time - the 1990's I believe? - what little we had information we had was better than nothing.  Nowadays we have a LOT more canon to look at and discuss.

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Voragh


-----Original Message-----
From: Lieven L. Litaer

Am 04.06.2019 um 15:18 schrieb Daniel Dadap:
> Out of curiosity, how was the word used there?

The Klingon Wiki usually has the answers:
www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekContinuum 

The words in there were just displayed as word plus definition, and a phrase; nothing more.

-----Original Message-----
From: De'vID

The Star Trek Continuum website "helpfully" "expanded" the definition of "betray" using a thesaurus. This was done by someone who was neither Marc Okrand nor familiar with the Klingon language.