[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pab (verb)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: pab
Part of speech: verb
Definition: follow (rules)
Source: TKD
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qorDu' lurDechmeyna' pab tlhInganpu' 
With strong [Klingon] family traditions... (S13)

tlhIngan tIgh yIpab 
Live the Klingon way (PB, intro)

qa'lI' quv yIpab 
Follow the honor in your spirit PB

nablIj yIpab 
You may go on as planned (PB)

jIlay'ta' 'ej batlh jIpabta' vaj choDanIS 
I have kept my word of honor, And so should you, (PB)

jIlay'DI' reH batlh jIpabchugh Qapla'meywIj Hoch vIta'ta' 'e' DaHar'a' 
Did you think that my word of honor would have carried me this far? (PB)

qotarvaD lay'ta' 'ej batlh pab qeylIS 
Kahless kept his word of honor to Kotar (PB)

bIleghlaH jIlay'ta' 'ej batlh jIpabta' 
As you see, I have kept my word (PB) 

tugh 'Ipvetlh Dapab DaneH'a'? 
"How would you like to keep that promise, very soon?" (PB)

vay' mIpmoHbe' DIvI'vam, 'ej Hov leng qangtlhIn pabchu'. 
This organization does not enrich anyone (financially), and it perfectly follows the ideology of Star Trek. (PCHC 2016)

wa' qangtlhIn wIpab. 
We follow one creed. (DSC "The Vulcan Hello")

batlh ghob yIpab 
Adhere to virtue honorably.  (TKW)
[(TKW 47):  The Klingon verb in the expression, {pab}, is here translated adhere, but it is also used to mean follow, in the sense of following rules, suggesting perhaps that, though not officially laws, virtues should be followed as if they were.]

tlhIngan tIgh yIpab 
Live the Klingon way (PB)  

'ach 'ejyo' qangtlhIn nIb pabtaH 'ej vangwI' najwI' je puq poH SIghbogh tuch'e' lujalbogh ngotlhwI'pu' boptaH. 
...while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers. (DSC/Lieven: Netflix Klingon Announcement)

(KGT 2):  Of course using a language involves choosing appropriate vocabulary and following the rules of pronunciation and grammar...

SEE ALSO:
mub 		be legal (v)
Sor 		speak literally (v)

bIv 		break [rules] (v)
Hat 		be illegal (v)
yem 		sin (v)

"Any fool can make a rule.  And every fool will mind it." (Henry David Thoreau)

"I worked it out so that there are two different words for spoon, *planko* and *janko*.  *Planko* is a spoon with food, *janko* is a spoon without food.  *Janko* is spelled with a silent *ptang*.  Sheldon, you're not even listening to the rules of my made-up language!"  [Amy Farah Fowler to Sheldon Cooper, "The Deception Verification", Big Bang Theory]

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons