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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   largh
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     smell, sense odors

Used in canon:

  DaH vay' vIlarghlaH 
  Now I can smell something. CK

  vay' DalarghDI' yIqaw 
  Remember the scent.
  (i.e. "Learn from your experiences") TKW

  qagh largh SuvwI' ghung. Sum qagh 'e' Sov 
  The hungry warrior smells the gagh. He/she knows the
  gagh is nearby. (HQ 12/1998)

  reH bang larghlu' 
  Love is always smelled.
  ("A loved one is always smelled"). TKW
 
"She must see the fire in your eyes. [...] Words come later. It is the scent that first speaks of love."
 (Worf counseling Geordi, TNG "Transfigurations")]

"Klingons have a highly developed sense of smell."
 (Data, TNG "Genesis")

KGT 85-86:  From the Klingon point of view, it is not accurate to say that a particular food is sour; rather, it tastes and smells sour. That is, sourness is not an intrinsic quality of the food; it is a perception, the effect the food has upon the senses of smell and taste, the Klingon sense of smell being particularly highly developed. [...] The verb meaning smell--that is, sense odors-is {largh}. The word for "emit a smell" is {He'}. This does not necessarily imply a bad smell. Odors are not considered "good" or "bad"; they are just odors. There may be a subjective evaluation of the source of the odor, however. It is a compliment to suggest that someone smells like *rokeg* blood pie not because the smell itself is good, but rather because the food carries with it positive associations. On the other hand, it is most insulting to say that someone smells like rotting *forshak*.

 "I just wish we could cloak the stench!"
 (McCoy, commenting on the captured Bird-of-Prey Bounty. (ST4)

B'Ellana burned some Klingon incense in her quarters; Janeway comments, "Interesting fragrance. I'm surprised it hasn't set off the environmental alarms." (VOY "Nothing Human")

Related words:

HQ 12.4:8:  Air, for example, comes into and out of the nose or mouth. The word for breath is {tlhuH}, and that for breathe is also {tlhuH}. To breathe in, or inhale, is {pur} ...

He'So' 	stink (v)
pIw 		odor (n)
noSvagh 	deodorant (n) [used in fandom for incense, perfume, etc.]


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons