On 10/25/2017 9:58 AM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:

== loy' ==

(verb) Used to translate "have a personality", though it's a bit unclear what that means, exactly. Perhaps it refers to some notion of unicity or individuality, or being interesting?

{loy'wI'} *might* mean "personality".

When Tilly says that she more than makes up for her athletic shortcomings with her intelligence and personality, the subtitles end in {jIval 'ej jIloy'.}

BURNHAM: "Personality doens't matter."
{potlhbe' loy'wI'.}

TILLY: "That's just something people with no personality say."
{roD 'oH jatlh loy'be'bogh nuv.}

TILLY: "Wait ... Which in no way means you! You absolutely have a personality!"
{yIloS... SoH qaqelbe'bej. bIloy'qu' SoH.}


This may mean the same thing as the idiom vaj Duj chIj have strength of character.


== weS ==

(verb) Used when describing the loss of a ship. However, it's unclear who the subject is: If it's the one losing the ship, or the one taking it away or destroying it. Seems more likely to be the former, but it's uncertain.

Used in Ep. 6 ("Lethe"):

"Starfleet can't afford to lose the Discovery."
{DISqa'vI'rIy weS 'e' SIQlaHbe' 'ejyo'.
}

English lose means so many things, it's no wonder Klingons have different words for it. In this case, weS might be said to mean be deprived of.

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