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

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon Apr 16 07:18:15 PDT 2012


> Klingon word:   qalmoH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: 	  corrupt

Neither {qal} "be corrupt" or {qalmoH} have been used by Okrand in a sentence, although it was used in _The Klingon Hamlet_":

  baQa', Qovpatlh, toy'wI"a' qal je jIH 
  O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! (TKH)

Related verbs:

yuD 		be dishonest
Hat 		be illegal 
HeS 		commit a crime
wem 		violate

nIt 		be plain, be pure, be uncorrupted, be unsullied


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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