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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   tlhIj
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     apologize
 
AFAIK never used in canon.  It appears in the TKD Addendum, probably because of this scene at the end of ST5:

[They reach the bridge, where Kirk is confronted by Gen. Koord, now dressed to command the Bird of Prey. Klaa stands off to one side, humbled.]

KOORD:  [To the guards] {yIjonHa'!}
KOORD:  Kirk, my junior officer has something he would like
        to say to you.
KOORD:  {yIjatlh!}
KLAA:   I... apologize.
	[Kirk looks in wonder.]
KOORD:  {maj.  'ej...}
KLAA:   The attack upon your vessel was not authorized by
        my government.

Okrand no doubt came up with {tlhIj} in case the director wanted to film the line in Klingon.  As it happened, Klaa spoke his lines in English in the final cut.

Related verbs:
QoS		be sorry
pay 		regret
vup 		pity


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons