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

[mayql qunenoS]

'elaDya'Daq vIttlheghvam wIjatlh :
in Greece we say this proverb :

{...} {...meH} HughlIj yIpe' !
in order to to do <whatever> cut your throat.

vay' raDbogh 'utqu'ghach'e' chIw vIttlheghvam 'ej ngoQDaj chavmeH Hoch nIDmoH.
this proverb expresses the necessity which compels someone, and in
order to achieve his goal makes him try everything.

toH !
so !

Qaghmey vIjunmeH HughwIj vIpe' !
I will cut my throat in order to avoid making mistakes !

( DaH jIDoychoH jItaghpa'..)
Now I became tired, before I even started..

anyway..

'aqnaw tu'be'mo' vutwI', vutbe' ghaH 'ej maghungchoH.
because the cook didn't find the knife, he didn't cook and we became hungry.

'ach manoDmeH latlh 'aqnaw wItu'DI', wIHoHmeH wIlo'.
however in order to retaliate, as soon as we found another knife we
used it in order to kill him.

ngoDvam nap Sov'eghnISmoHbej vutwI'.. ghungtaHvIS SuvwI' SuvlaHbe ghaH !
the cook definitely needed to make himself know this simple fact..
while a warrior is hungry he cannot fight !

cpt qunnoq
QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS


On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> mu'vam Sov loDnalwI' 'ej vutpa'majDaq wIlo'.
>
>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 7:00, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
>>
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 18, 2016
>>
>> Klingon word: 'aqnaw
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: type of knife (general purpose)
>> Source: KGT (231 KE, 247 EK)
>>
>>
>> This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh at wizage.net).
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