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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, September 29, 2012
> 
> Klingon word: ngIj
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be unruly, be rowdy

Used in canon:

  tera'ngan ngIj 
  rowdy Terran  KGT

In re {Duj ngaDHa'} "irresponsible/undisciplined person":

KGT 150: "This expression means literally "unstable vessel, unbalanced vessel." [...] the verb {ngaD} ("be stable, balanced", here followed by the negative suffix {-Ha'}) normally applies to a ship or a physical object, not to a situation or a person. It would be inappropriate to refer to a person as {ngaD} or {ngaDHa'} in a phrase such as {tera'ngan ngaDHa'} ("unstable Terran"). A standard verb that is close in meaning is {ngIj} ("rowdy, unruly"), as in {tera'ngan ngIj} ("rowdy Terran").


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons