Klingon Word of the Day: nobHa'
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, May 11, 2020 Klingon word: nobHa' Part of speech: verb Definition: give back, return Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
It’s interesting that the subject of {nob} is the indirect object of {nobHa’}. I’m surprised that {nobHa’} isn’t to take something back, rather than to give something back. But it’s arbitrary, and this is the official way Klingon’s mean it. charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.
On May 11, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Klingon Word of the Day <kwotd@wizage.net> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, May 11, 2020
Klingon word: nobHa' Part of speech: verb Definition: give back, return Source: KGT
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On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 22:52, Will Martin <willmartin2@mac.com> wrote:
It’s interesting that the subject of {nob} is the indirect object of {nobHa’}.
It is?
From The Klingon Way p.189: {Huch nobHa'bogh verenganpu''e' yIvoqQo'.} [sic - {yI-} should be {tI-}]
The subject of {nob} is the giver. The subject of {nobHa'} is also the giver (or giving-back-er). The indirect object in both cases (if you mean a noun with {-vaD}) is the recipient.
I’m surprised that {nobHa’} isn’t to take something back, rather than to give something back.
I guess I can see the logic in that, but {nobHa'} is very easily explained as "undo giving", and it's open whether the subject of {nobHa'} is the original giver or the original recipient. Perhaps it can work either way, depending on context? However, {tlhapqa'} is obviously "retrieve" (take something back).
But it’s arbitrary, and this is the official way Klingon’s mean it.
charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan
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