[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tlha'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   tlha'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     chase, follow

  qIrq wItlha'taHqu' 
  Where Kirk goes, we follow. ST5

  qatlha' 
  I chase you. KLS

{ngem Sarghmey tlha'laH} "be able to chase forest *sarks*" is an idiom used to indicate that one is capable of following anyone or anything--that is, that one is capable of understanding even the most complex of discussions or of solving the most intricate of problems (cf. KGT p.111).

{tlha'} might be used metaphoricall to mean "court, woo".  E.g.
 
  Tumek asks Worf, "Have you ever pursued a Klingon woman?"
  ("Looking For par'Mach In All the Wrong Places")

  Grilka asks Quark, "Why do you pursue me?"
  ("Looking For par'Mach In All the Wrong Places")

Related words:

nung 	precede (v) (antonym?)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons