[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: taD

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 04, 2022

Klingon word: taD
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be frozen
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yItaD 
Freeze! [i.e. Stand perfectly still!] KCD

petaD! 
["Freeze!" shouted by Gowron] STK

yItaD'eghmoH!
Freeze yourself! ("Cause yourself to be frozen!") KGT

(KGT 117):  These are idiomatic ways to give the command "Don't move!"  The word {yItaD} is used when speaking to an individual; {petaD} is used when giving the command to a group. The verb {taD} means "be frozen", and it is used here in a peculiar, though not really ungrammatical, way. Generally, when a verb describing a state of being (for example, {tuj} [be hot]) is used in the imperative form, the suffixes {-'egh} (reflexive suffix) and {-moH} (cause) are used as well:  {yItuj'eghmoH} (Heat yourself!—that is, Cause yourself to be hot!), {yItaD'eghmoH!} (Freeze yourself!--that is, Cause yourself to be frozen!). When {taD} is used in the idiomatic sense of not move, however, it is treated as if a verb describing an activity, such as {yIt} (walk): {yIyIt!} (Walk!).

TREK TRIVIA:
  "Rura Penthe is a frozen asteroid used by Klingons as a penal colony for enemies of the Empire..." (TKW 190)

SEE:
nIm qulcher taD 	ice cream (n)

SEE ALSO:
bIr 			be cold (v)
Sub 			be solid (v)
peD 			snow (v)
tet 			melt (v)
chuch 			ice (n)

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