[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jaw

[David Trimboli]

On 11/3/2011 10:40 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 03, 2011
>>
>> Klingon word:   jaw
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition:     chat
>
> Never used in canon.
>
> Note the related verbs of speech beginning with {ja-}:
>
> jatlh  "say, speak"
> ja'    "tell, report"
> jach   "scream, cry out"
> jang   "answer, reply"
> jat    "speak incoherently, mumble (slang) [<  {jat} "tongue" (n.)]
>
> PUN: to "jaw"!

Note that "verbs of speech" doesn't mean it can be used with the special 
sentence-as-object construction for direct quotation. Only {ja'} and 
{jatlh} can do that, so far as we know. Okrand listed these once somewhere.

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