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

[Christopher Kidder-Mostrom]

I found that odd, since we already have a word for merchant, which seems to
fit the definition of a store better.


On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca>wrote:

> And in talk now stores are refered to as ngevwI', Hergh ngevwI'  =
> pharmacy.
> Not sure if that's ngevwI'mey or ngevwI'pu'.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Boozer [mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu]
> Sent: September 18, 2013 8:19 AM
> To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngev
>
> > Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 18, 2013
> >
> > Klingon word: ngev
> > Part of speech: verb
> > Definition: sell
> > Source: TKD
>
> As used in canon:
>
>   DaH jIHvaD yIngev
>   Sell it to me now! PK
>
>   cha'puj vIngevmeH chaw' HInobneS
>   Give me a permit to sell dilithium, your honor. PK
>
>   rura' pente'Daq chuch ngevlaH ghaH
>   He can sell ice on Rura Penthe. TKW
>
>   tlhIlHal yIngev!
>   Sell the mine! KGT
>
> {ngevwI'}  seller (n)
>
>   nuqDaq ghaH ngevwI''e'
>   Where is the shop? TNK
>
>   nuqDaq ghaH Hergh ngevwI''e'
>   Where is the chemist (i.e. druggist, pharmacist) TNK
>
> And since you can't sell without buying {je'}:
>
>   vIje' rIntaH
>   I have purchased it. TKD
>
>   qa'vam De' vIje' rIntaH
>   I have purchased the Genesis Data. ST3
>
>   chaq SoHvo' vay' vIje' vIneH
>   [Maybe I'd like to buy something from you. (untranslated)] PK
>
>   cha'pujqutmey vIje' vIneH
>   I want to buy dilithium crystals. PK
>
>   cha'pujqutmey vIje' vIneHbej
>   I DEFINITELY want to buy dilithium crystals. PK
>
>   bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh
>   Buy or die! CK
>
> TKW 213:  This is a common saying among Klingon merchants, usually uttered
> when customers are in the store comparing products or sampling the
> available
> goods, but not purchasing anything. Tellingly, there is no known Klingon
> word for "browse," at least as applied to matters of commerce.
>
>   qa' wIje'meH maSuv
>   We fight to enrich the spirit.
>  (or "We fight in order to buy the spirit.")
>
> TKW 7:  perhaps, to the Klingon way of thinking, while one is alive, one
> must sacrifice or give up something (the way one uses credits or latinum
> when making a purchase) in order to ensure that the spirit is one's own.
>
>   je'meH lengmey
>   Shopping (TNK Category Title)
>
>   Duj ghajchugh pagh, beylI'vo' 'oH Daje' net chaw'
>   If [ship is] unowned, you may buy it from the Bank. MKE
>
>   nuqDaq chaw' vIje'
>   Where can I buy a ticket? (TNK)
>
>   'elmeH chaw'mey je'lu'ta'bogh
>   will-call tickets (i.e. "that have already been purchased") (WSC)
>
> ... or paying for {DIl} the purchase:
>
>   DaH yIDIl
>   Pay now! TKD
>
>   Dochvetlh DIlmeH Huch 'ar DaneH
>   How much do you want for that? TKD
>
>   bIDIlbe'chugh vaj bIHegh
>   Pay or die! TKD
>
>   Soj yIDIl!
>   Pay for the food! KGT
>
>   vergh 'ach DIlnISbe'
>   Free parking. MKE
>
>   HoSHal ghajchugh vay', mI' naghmey tIronmoH. wa'maHlogh
>    boq'egh mI' naghmey; chen qav'ap. ghajwI'vaD qav'ap yIDIl.
>   If [energy source is] owned, throw dice and pay owner a
>    total ten times amount shown. MKE
>
>   Duj ghajchugh vay', cha'logh boq'egh qav'ap motlh;
>    chen qav'ap le'. ghajwI'vaD qav'ap le' yIDIl.
>   If [ship is] owned, pay owner twice the rental to which
>    they are otherwise entitled. MKE
>
> Related vocabulary:
>
> je'                     buy, purchase (v)
> DIl                     pay for (v)
> tlhong          barter, bargain (v)
> mech                    trade (v)
>
> Suy                     merchant (n)
> Huch            money (n)
>  Huch chaw'      credit card (TNK)
>  Huch nav        bill (i.e. currency) (MKE)
> HuchQeD                 economics (n)
> malja'                  business (n)
>  malja' Huq      transact business
>
> Are there any financial transactions in the paq'batlh?
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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Christopher Kidder-Mostrom
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