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

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Tue Sep 11 06:48:21 PDT 2012


> Klingon word:   tlhap
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     take

As used in canon:

vItlhapnISpu' 
I needed to take her. TKD

De' vItlhapnISpu' 
I needed to get the information. TKD

De''e' vItlhapnISpu' 
I needed to get the INFORMATION. 
It was the information (and not something else) I needed. TKD

Dochvetlh yItlhap 
[Take that!] PK

juHwIjDaq Dochvetlh vItlhap 
I will take THAT to my home. PK

bImejDI' reH betleHlIj yItlhap 
Never leave without your bet'telh. TKW

qatlh betleHDaj tlhapbe' 
Why doesn't he take his bat'leth? KGT

yItlhapQo' 
[Leave him!] (ENT "Affliction")

qeylIS 'etlh Datlhapqa' 'e' DaQapbe' 
Fail to retrieve the Sword of Kahless. MKE

jagh Duj DaQaw' 'ach pagh qama' Datlhapqa' 
Destroy enemy vessel without retrieving prisoners. MKE

ngIq gholvo' wa'maH QaS yItlhap 
Collect 10 forces from every player. MKE

cha'vatlh QaS yItlhap 
Gain 200 forces. MKE

qeylIS 'etlh Datlhapqa' 'e' DaQapbe' 
Fail to retrieve the Sword of Kahless. MKE

"GO" DajuSDI' cha'vatlh QaS yItlhap 
Collect 200 salary as you pass. MKE

wa'vatlh QaS yItlhap. 
Gain 100 forces. MKE

tItlhap 
Here! (Take them!) PK

yItlhap!
["Take it!"]
(response of a street vendor when Worf gave her a couple of coins for a bag of dried gagh during the Kot'baval Festival at the Maranga IV outpost) (TNG "Firstborn")

Similar verbs:

yaH 		be taken away
nge' 	take away
qem 		bring
qeng 	carry, convey
boS 		collect
lIq 		round up
Suq 		acquire, obtain, get
jon		capture

Trek trivia:
 
"We are hunters, Captain, tracking and taking what we need." (Mara, TOS "Day of the Dove")


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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