[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: natlIS

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: natlIS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: last item in a list
Source: HQ:v12n2p9
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(HQ 12.2:9):  ... for the beginning of a list (of names or words, for example, whether spoken out loud or written on a scroll), one would say simply {pong wa'DIch} "first name" or {mu' wa'DIch} "first word". 
For the end, one could say {pong HochDIch} "last name" or {mu' HochDIch} "last word", but one could also use a special term for the end of the list, {natlIS}. 

(De’vID, 2/10/2018):   "Be sorted" is {patlh}, which also means "have a rank of".  So sort is {patlhmoH}, also meaning rank. The object of {patlhmoH} is not a list (as a whole) but the things in the list, the things to be ranked or sorted.  {Sal} and {ghIr} cannot be used for sort order.  To sort a list of English words alphabetically (or reverse alphabetically), use constructions like {wa’DIch A, HochDIch Z} or {wa’DIch Z, HochDIch A}.  For a list of Klingon words, it would be "{wa’DIch bay, HochDIch qaghwI’}, {wa’DIch qaghwI’, HochDIch bay}."  [And to the question of whether *{yoymoH} could be used for reversing a list, [Okrand] replied]: "No. Use {DopmoH} "cause to be opposite".

(qep’a’ 2016):  When asked about navigating lists or events, [Maltz] gave us {vorgh} "be previous" (opposite of {veb} "be next"). [One] Can also use {nungbogh} ({nung} "precede")…

PUN:  last but "not least"

SEE ALSO:
tetlh 		list; roll, scroll (n)
ghu'lIS 		entry in a list (n)

vorgh		be previous (v)
veb 		be next (v)
Qav 		be final, last (v)
nung 		precede (v)
tlha' 		chase,  follow (v)

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