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

[Steven Boozer]

That's right.  It was just to distinguish {meQ} "burn" (i.e. be on fire) from {laQ} "fire, energize" & {baH} "fire (torpedoes, etc.)".

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm at kth.se]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 2:16 PM

ghItlhta' ghunchu'wI',
>> meQ             be on fire (v)
> Hal yIngu'neS.

I'm guessing Voragh is extrapolating from <meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH> ("Only a fool fights in a burning house.").

Interestingly, it seems <meQ> can also mean "be burnt" (as in <Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu'>) and "to cause to burn" (as in <to'waQ meQ vutwI'>). [I'm a bit suspicious toward that last one, myself, and always use <meQmoH>, but it is canon.]

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From: ghunchu'wI' 'utlh [qunchuy at alcaco.net]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 20:29
To: Klingon language email discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: laQ
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu>> wrote:
meQ             be on fire (v)
Hal yIngu'neS.
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