Klingon Word of the Day: lIl
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 20, 2017 Klingon word: lIl Part of speech: verb Definition: simulate, impersonate Source: November 2016 email to Lieven This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 20, 2017
Klingon word: lIl Part of speech: verb Definition: simulate, impersonate Source: November 2016 email to Lieven
From Lieven's post announcing the new words from qepHom 2016:
{lIl} is a verb meaning something like "simulate, impersonate." The idea is one of doing something such that the subject of the verb looks or behaves like something (or someone) else or represents something (or someone) else. The word has no connotation of fraud or anything underhanded (in this respect, it's like {ghet}). The object is the thing being simulated or the person being impersonated. {lIlwI'} ("simulator," for lack of a better term) is different from {lIw} ("substitute") since {lIw} implies replacement (the notion of "instead of") while a {lIlwI'} doesn't replace anyone or anything. SEE ALSO: ghet pretend (v) ngeb be counterfeit/false/be fake (v) Da behave as, act in the manner of (v) -qoq so-called TREK TRIVIA: Future Alexander impersonated K'mtar, *gin'tak* to the House of Mogh, when he travelled back through time. (TNG "Firstborn") -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 20, 2017
Klingon word: lIl Part of speech: verb Definition: simulate, impersonate Source: November 2016 email to Lieven
Voragh just posted:
From Lieven's post announcing the new words from qepHom 2016:
{lIl} is a verb meaning something like "simulate, impersonate." The idea is one of doing something such that the subject of the verb looks or behaves like something (or someone) else or represents something (or someone) else. The word has no connotation of fraud or anything underhanded (in this respect, it's like {ghet}). The object is the thing being simulated or the person being impersonated. {lIlwI'} ("simulator," for lack of a better term) is different from {lIw} ("substitute") since {lIw} implies replacement (the notion of "instead of") while a {lIlwI'} doesn't replace anyone or anything.
SEE ALSO: ghet pretend (v) ngeb be counterfeit/false/be fake (v) Da behave as, act in the manner of (v) -qoq so-called (N3 suffix)
A couple more that occurred to me after hitting the "SEND" button: HoQ be honored falsely, be falsely honorable (v) Qaq behave falsely honorably, behave in a falsely honorable manner (v) BTW everyone (including beginners) should feel free to add to my "See Also" lists of similar, opposite or related words. With all the new vocabulary over the past year or so it's hard to keep up! -- Voragh
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