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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, September 24, 2012
> 
> Klingon word: nej
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: look for, seek, search for

qanej 
I look for you. KLS

vInejqa' 
I am resuming the search. 
I am searching for him/her again. TKD

jagh luHoHmeH jagh lunejtaH 
They are searching for the enemy in order to kill him. TKD

'avwI' nejDI' narghta'bogh qama' reH 'avwI' Sambej 
When an escaped prisoner looks for a guard, he always finds one. TKW

Qo'noSDaq boqwI'mey nejmeH je leng qeylIS 'ej chaHvaD lut ja' 
Kahless also went out to search For allies across Kronos, And told them his tale. [PB, paq'raD, Canto 7, Stanza 8]


Related words:

bej 		watch, (v)
tu' 		discover, find, observe (v)
legh 	see (v)
nuD 		examine (v)
ghoch	track, track down (v)
Sam		locate, seek and find (v)
wam 		hunt (v)

nejwI'  probe (n)

Cultural notes:

"Klingons don't allow themselves to be probed." (Worf, TNG "Violations")


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons