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

[Steven Boozer]

Fair point.  There are no examples of the noun being used in canon.


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Voragh
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From: lojmIt tI'wI'nuv [mailto:lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:56 AM
To: Steven Boozer
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: laj

um...

To you, not the list:

The word of the day is the noun. All your examples are of the verb, and you say that one of the related words is... the noun.

pItlh
lojmIt tI'wI'nuv



On Apr 30, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
Klingon word:   laj
Part of speech: noun
Definition:     acceptance

As used in canon:

to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj
Accept these stuffed tobbaj legs! PK

jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj
I accept. May your enemies run with fear." (TKW p.65)
[This is the traditional acceptance upon being asked to serve as someone's {cha'DIch}. Cf. TNG "Sins of the Father"]

beq may' ta vIlajpu'
I have accepted the crew's record of battle. KGT

ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj
I accept your lives into my hands. KGT

As used in Trek:

jIlajneS
I'm honored to accept! (TNG "A Matter of Honor")

"I have accepted discommendation." [Worf, TNG "Reunion" < ?{naDHa'ghach vIlajpu'} [idiom?])

Cultural note re {lajQo'} "reject":

KGT 101f.:  When taking a table's order, the {jabwI'} neither writes anything down nor enters data into a computer. It is considered the duty of the {jabwI'} to remember ({qaw}) the choices and to bring the correct food, and servers tend to be quite skilled at this. On the rare occasion when the {jabwI'} has remembered incorrectly ({qawHa'}), the patron may reject ({lajQo'}) the dish. If the patron rejects a dish that the server believes has been properly remembered, however, the misunderstanding could develop into minor combat. For most of the other diners in the restaurant, this is regarded as an exhilarating diversion.

Related words:

laj                   acceptance (n.)

Hev                receive (v)
yaH                be taken away (v)
nge'                take away (v)
tlhap take (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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