[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tIn
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Feb 21 07:16:12 PST 2013
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2013
>
> Klingon word: tIn
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be big
jItIn
I am big. KLS
Dujmey tIn.
Dujmey tInqu'
big ships
very big ships (TKD)
veng tInDaq
veng tInqu'Daq
in the big city
in the very big city (TKD)
HIvje' tIn yIteb
Fill a large glass! (PK)
targhlIj yab tIn law' no'lI' Hoch yabDu' tIn puS
Your targ has a bigger brain than all your ancestors put together! (PK)
jonlu'meH wo'maj pop tIn law' Hoch tIn puS
Our Empire's highest bounty has been placed on his head. (ST5 notes)
Hevetlh wIghoSchugh veH tIn wI'el maH'e'
that course will take us into the [Great] Barrier as well. (ST5)
tInqu' nom lengbogh DujlIj
Your fast ship is very big (qepHom 2012)
Similar words:
-'a' [augmentative noun suffix]
nIv be superior (v)
jen be high (v)
Dun be wonderful. Be great (v)
mach be small, be little (v)
QIv be inferior (v)
-Hom [diminutive noun suffix]
Are {tIn} and {mach} used in the paq'batlh at all or have these under-used qualities been supplanted by {-'a'} and {-Hom} there as well?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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