[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngonDer
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Oct 27 09:48:36 PDT 2022
How could I not remember the most obvious related words:
qaw memory (i.e. the ability) (n)
qaw remember (v)
And while I'm at it...
(Lieven < MO, 2/05/2018): ... {qaw}, he said, is a perfectly fine noun meaning memory in the sense of the ability to remember or the power of recall. It does not refer to specific memories or recollections. That's a different word: {wov'on}. It's more common to hear {wov'on qaw} "he/she remembers a memory" than {wov'on ghaj} "he/she has a memory", though the colloquial (English) translation of the former would be "he/she has a memory". Someone who remembers a lot of stuff or who can easily remember things (like dates or lines of a play) may be said to have a {qaw pov} "excellent memory".
[qepHom 2021 re] Q & A in re {pol} "keep, save, store":
MO: Make use of the verb {ngeq} "store, hoard, cache". When referring
to memorizing something or knowing something by heart, the usual
expression is along the lines of {ghuQ ngeqpu' qawwIj} "I've
memorized the poem (literally "my memory has stored the poem").
[….]
Q: Can this verb be used in the computer meaning sense? To "save" /
store" a file on a disk?
MO: Yes. Both words can.
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Voragh
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Klingon word: ngonDer
Part of speech: noun
Definition: nostalgia
Source: qep'a' 27 [2020]
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AFAIK never used in a sentence.
(qep'a' 2020): Often the object of {SIQ}
Apparently nostalgia is something to be endured, like pain:
'oy' DaSIQjaj
May you endure the pain! (PK)
yIn DayajmeH 'oy' yISIQ.
To understand life, endure pain. (TKW)
SEE:
SIQ endure, bear (v)
SEE ALSO:
pa'logh past, the past (as a whole) (n)
qun history (n)
vIbHa' time-travel into the past, move through time
toward the past (v)
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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