[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pa'

[SuStel]

On 6/13/2014 11:41 AM, De'vID wrote:
> qurgh:
>>> Klingon word: pa'
>>> Part of speech: noun
>>> Definition: room, chamber, enclosed area (slang)
>>> Source: TKD
>
> SuStel:
>> mu' ghoQ 'oH pa''e'?
>
> In TKD {pa'} is defined as "room". It is used to translate "chamber"
> on the KBoP poster ({cha'puj pa'} = "dilithium chamber"). In KGT, it's
> defined as "enclosed area" and marked as "(slang)" in the K-E side,
> but not the E-K side.
>
> So the "(slang)" in the definition above applies only to the last
> definition, though the way it's written leaves this unclear. The
> "source" is also misleading, as TKD defines it only as "room".

Since {pa'} isn't mentioned in the section on slang so far as I can 
remember, since it only appears as slang on one side of the word lists, 
and since "enclosed area" more or less means "room" anyway, I'm inclined 
to believe this isn't slang at all.

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