[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lav

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: lav
Part of speech: verb
Definition: lean, incline, slant
Source: tlhIngan-Hol Mailing List -  De'vID - 02 March 2019
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(De’vID < MO, 3/02/2019):  {ler} can be used for oscillate, and it can be used for a pendulum regardless of whether the pivot is at the top or bottom (or somewhere else). And {lerchu'} could be used for what a metronome does. Maltz was glad you asked these questions, because they reminded him of another word (and helped clarify the meaning of this one). The other word is {lav}, which can be translated lean, incline, slant and so on. It means something like move to a slanted or angled position. The starting position is often, but doesn't have to be, upright or perpendicular. If it's a person, the person's feet stay put (as with {ler}). And, as with {ler}, the pivot point can be on top (or somewhere else). The difference between {ler} and {lav} is that {ler} is used for continuous swinging, back and forth and back and forth (forward-back-forward-back, etc., or left-right-left-right, etc.), while {lav} means motion in one direction only, then the motion stops (though the stop can be very brief). Returning to the upright (or earlier) position is {lavHa'}. For both {ler} and {lav}, the direction of motion doesn't matter (left, right, forward, whatever).

AFAIK never used in a sentence.

SEE:
ler		wobble (v)
Dav  		sway (e.g. aircraft) (v)
Der  		yaw (i.e. aircraft), veer (v)

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