[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rab
Lieven L. Litaer
levinius at gmx.de
Tue Mar 7 10:30:07 PST 2023
Am 07.03.2023 um 17:15 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
>
> Klingon word: rab
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be gigantic, huge, humongous
> Source: QelIS boqHarmey [Klingon Alice]
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> AFAIK never used in a sentence.
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> Lieven, how is it used in QelIS boqHarmey?
An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes,
{pa’ ghaH chotlhbogh targh ghu tu’; rab ’oH. tInqu’ mInDu’Daj rutlh.}
then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run
over;
{ghIq ghaH qaw’moH targhHom ’e’ botmeH QelIS, naHjej rab ’emDaq So’.}
> ’When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said [...]
> -- [Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]
I did not translate those lines, as they appear in the sequel to AiW,
which is "Through the Looking-Glass". (That's a different book)
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
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