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

[mayql qunenoS]

The question is, is this to be taken as <to resaon with> or <to
reason> ? Since the former is not clearly suggested lets assume the
latter..

verenganpu' luQaw'nISlu' 'e' meq ghaH.
he reasoned that someone needed to destroy the ferengi.

vInumHa'laH ; meqpu' ghaH.. yaS QaQ ghaH !
I'm unable to demote him ; he reasoned.. He is a good officer !

toQDujchaj QaQ law' Hoch Dujmey QaQ puS 'e' lumeq.
they reasoned that their bird of prey was the best of all ships.

Hoch Ha'DIbaHmey DIHoHnIS. meqpu' HoD.. QIp bIH 'e' Dalegh'a' ? Ha' !
nuQaH vIghro'mey !
we need to kill all dogs. the captain reasoned.. don't you see that
they are stupid ? come on ! the cats will help us !

ghaH QaQ law' chaH QaQ law', mojlaHbe' luQaHbe'chugh 'e' meq ghaH.
he reasoned that if they didn't help him he wouldn't be able to become
as good as them.

cpt qunnoq
ngaj pIqDaj 'ej ghaH loS ghe''or 'e' Sovmo' ghaH

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 19, 2016
>>
>> Klingon word: meq
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: reason
>
> AFAIK never used by Okrand in a sentence.
>
> Cf. idiom {notlh tonSaw'lIj} "Your argument is invalid". (qep'a' 2012, via Felix Malmenbeck, 9/01/2012)
>
> Note the homophonous noun {meq} "reason, motive":
>
> KGT 154:  A close standard equivalent is {meq} (reason)--that is, logical thinking.
>
> Klingons may not care whether a falsehood is intentional, but only whether the information is reliable. As Ambassador Kell admonished Worf, "Motives? Who cares for motives? Humans, perhaps." (TNG "The Mind's Eye") He was referring to the proverb:
>
>   ram meqmey
>   Motives are insignificant.  TKW
>
> Note also {meqba'} *mek'ba* (type of legal proceeding: i.e. that portion of a Klingon trial or appeal in which evidence is heard during which all evidence must be heard in open council [cf. TNG "Sins of the Father"])
>
> SEE ALSO:
> Hech            intend, mean to (v)
> Qub             think (v)
> Har             belive (v)
> Sov             know (v)
>
> ghoH            argue, dispute (v)
> Sol             quarrel (v)
> qap             insist (v)
> ja'chuq         discuss (v)
> tlhoch  contradict (v)
> qagh            interrupt (v)
> poQ             demand (v)
>
> ngoQ            goal, purpose (n)
> vIt             truth (n)
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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