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

[Christopher Kidder]

Color me stupid, but what does MKE stand for?



On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> > Klingon word:   wel
> > Part of speech: verb
> > Definition:     owe (someone)
>
> Used in canon:
>
>  voHDajbo' wellu' 200
>  Mortgaged for 200. MKE
>
>  yervamvaD voHDajbo' wellu'chugh, 'echletHom Dopvam yIcha'
>  Card must be turned this side up if property is mortgaged. MKE
>
> ghunchu'wI' discusses {wel} which was introduced in the opera {'u'}:
>
>   When someone has earned a reward but the prize is not yet
>   available to be given, the person in charge of presenting it
>   can say {qawel} "I owe you}. It is probably also appropriate
>   when you have convinced someone to give you some service or
>   product with the understanding that you will pay for it later.
>   [ghunchu'wI', 8/21/11]
>
> N.B. one owes a mortgage {voHDajbo' wel} but pays rent/sum (of money)
> {qav'ap DIl}:
>
>  HoSHal ghajchugh vay', mI' naghmey tIronmoH. wa'maHlogh boq'egh
>    mI' naghmey; chen qav'ap. ghajwI'vaD qav'ap yIDIl.
>  If [energy source is] owned, throw dice and pay owner a total
>    ten times amount shown. MKE
>
>  Duj ghajchugh vay', cha'logh boq'egh qav'ap motlh; chen qav'ap le'.
>    ghajwI'vaD qav'ap le' yIDIl.
>  If [ship is] owned, pay owner twice the rental to which they are
>    otherwise entitled. MKE
>
> But see also:
>
>  voHDajbo' qav'ap
>  mortgage value  MKE
>
>
> Related words:
>
> DIl             pay for (v)
> ghaq    contribute (v)
> ngIp    borrow, hire (v)
> nob             give (v)
> nobHa'  give back, return (v)
> noj             lend (v)
> tatlh   return [s.th.] (v)
> rup             fine, tax (v)
>
> nob             gift (n)
> pop             reward (n)
> qav'ap    rent, sum, amount [of money], payment?
> tev             prize (n)
> van'a'  award (n)
> voHDajbo'  ransom (TKD), mortgage (MKE) (n)
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
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