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

[Felix Malmenbeck]

paq'batlh contains one use of {nej} which I find particularly interesting:

yor nej qeylIS mIn
"Kahless looks up"
[paq'batlh, paq'raD, Canto 18, Stanza 6]

Others are the one you mentions, as well as the following (// marks a line break):

chalDaq DapawmeH // wutlhDaq bInejnIS
"To reach the heavens, // You must seek underground,"
[paq'batlh, paq'yav, Canto 10, Stanza 7]

Daq HopHa’Daq // qa’chaj nejlI’ // qotar qempa’QeH je
"Not far away, // Kotar and his Qempa'keh, // Are in search for their souls."
[paq'batlh, paq'raD, Canto 9, Stanza 1]

[[Re: Qempa'QeH - For those who do not recognize this term, these are described thusly in the book:
"The Qempa'keh (Qempa'QeH) are the enraged (QeH) ancestral spirits (qempa') populating Gre'thor."
Don't know if Okrand approved this footnote, but it seems safe to assume that he approved the word.
It's always spelled with a capital Q at the beginning, by the way; uncertain if that's a mistake or not.]]
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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 16:14
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nej

> 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")


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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