[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh wej: <nuvra'>

[Steven Boozer]

Qov:
>>> Hagh Mahoun 'ej tev lay.

De'vID:
>> mu' 'oH'a' {lay}'e'?  {tev lay} vIjaybe'.

Qov:
> {lay'} vIghItlhHa'. qamISmoHlaw'mo' jItlhIj. machqu'mo' qaghwI' pIj
> mu'tlheghmey vIvIHmoHDI' vIchIl. QaghwIj Datu'mo' 'ej lutwIj DalaDmo'
> qatlho'.


Not sure whether {lay'} "promise" and {lay'Ha'] "break one's word" can take an object.  We have only two examples (AFAIK), both intransitive:

  not lay'Ha' tlhIngan 
  No Klingon ever breaks his word. TKW
  ("A Klingon never breaks his word."
   [Worf to Alexander, TNG "Cost of Living"])

and now in the {paq'batlh} (pp. 150-151, 186-187):

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

Are there any more examples in the {paq'batlh}?


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons