[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jubbe'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   jubbe'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     be mortal

{jub} "be immortal" and {jubbe'} "be mortal" have never been used in a sentence as verbs, but the nomen agentis {jubbe'wI'} "a mortal (person)" has:

lojmItDaj veghta'DI' jubbe'wI' 
yInqa'meH chegh 'e' botnIS qotar 
qeylIS HoHmeH qotar qeylIS SamnIS 

Still, Kotar cannot let a mortal 
Pass his gates and return alive, 
Kahless must be hunted down and killed. (PB, p.??)

Cultural notes:

TKW 15:  Great accomplishments are commonly immortalized in song ... Because songs are repeated, the same way proverbs are repeated, they help to preserve tradition as well as to teach the young.

Related words:

Hegh 		die (v)
yIn		live (v)

Hegh 		death (n)
yIn		life (n)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons