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

[Steven Boozer]

qunnoq:
> rIymuSDaq mulonmo' bortaS vItlhap 'ej HeghtaHvIS tera' vabDot
>    muyonmoHlaHbe' jachtaHghachmeyDaj.
> Because they abandoned me on Remus I will take revenge, and while Earth is
>   dying even its continuous screams won't be able to satisfy me.

"Take revenge" is an English idiom.  Use {noD} "retaliate" for the verb:

batlh Heghlu'chugh noDnISbe' vay' 
An honorable death requires no vengeance. TKW

cheQIHchugh manoDbe''a' 
Wrong us, shall we not seek revenge? TKW

nurraj nIHlu'ta'mo' manoD 
We will avenge your stolen pride (PB draft?)

le'yo'raj nIHlu'ta'mo' penoD jatlh qeylIS 
And Kahless spoke to them...about avenging their stolen pride PB

"Let bloody vengeance take its final course."
 (Anton Karidian/Kodos quoting Shakespeare, TOS "The Conscience of the King")


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Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons