[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vIbHa'
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon Aug 15 07:17:20 PDT 2022
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, August 13, 2022
Klingon word: vIbHa'
Part of speech: verb
Definition: move through time toward the past
Source: qep'a' 23 [2016]
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jIvIbHa’pu’ ‘ej qeylIS vIqIHpu’
I time-travelled into the past and I met Kahless. (qep'a' 2016)
jIvIbHa’. wejHu’ jImev
I time-travel three days into the past. (qep'a' 2016)
[“that is, I stop three days prior to a time referenced in the conversation, not necessarily three days prior to making this utterance.” (qurgh < Okrand)]
SEE:
vIb time-travel into the future (v)
wa’vatlh DIS vIvIb.
I time-travel 100 years into the future. (qep'a' 2016)
jIvIb. qaSDI’ vatlh DIS poH cha’maH Hut, jImev.
I time-travel to the 29th century.
(lit. “I time-travel into the future. When Century 29 happens, I stop.”) (qep'a' 2016)
SEE ALSO:
pa'logh past, the past (as a whole) (n)
tuch future, the future (as a whole) (n)
“I hate temporal mechanics!” (Chief O’Brien, DS9 “Visionary”)
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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