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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 10, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: ba'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: sit

quSDaq bIba'
You sit in a chair. KGT

quSDaq ba'
He/she sits in a chair. KGT

quSDaq ba'lu''a' 
Is this seat taken? TKD

ba'
Sit! (pet command) PK 

SSS... mev!  ba'! 
Do not do that! Sit! (pet command) PK

KGT 124 (re {quSDaq ba'}):  Probably influenced by the homophony of verb suffix {-ba'} (obviously) and the verb {ba'} (sit), this expression has come to mean "that's obvious". It is used only in a condescending manner as a response to something that the hearer deems so self-evident that it need not have been stated in the first place. For example, upon hearing an obvious remark, one might say, {quSDaq bIba'} ("You sit in a chair"--that is, "What you said is quite obvious") or {quSDaq ba'} ("He/she sits in a chair"--that is, "What he/she said is quite obvious").


SEE ALSO:
Qam 		stand (v)
Hu' 		get up (v)

N.B. birds {ngun} "perch" (HQ 10.4)
 
Speculation alert:
{meqba'} *mek'ba* is a type of legal proceeding < {meq} "reason" + {ba'} "sit"?


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