[Tlhingan-hol] "I have kept my word of honor"

[David Trimboli]

On 7/10/2012 10:23 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
> I've just noticed a new idiom used in the {paq'batlh}: {lay' 'ej
> batlh pab} "keep one's word of honor":
>
>    jIlay'ta' 'ej batlh jIpabta' vaj choDanIS
>    I have kept my word of honor, And so should you, (PB 150-151, 186-187)
>
>    qotarvaD lay'ta' 'ej batlh pab qeylIS
>    Kahless kept his word of honor to Kotar (PB 184-85)

Is this really an idiom? {lay' 'ej batlh pab} "promise and follow the 
rules honorably." The English is idiomatic, but I don't think the 
Klingon is. It seems quite literal.

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