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

[SuStel]

On 3/21/2016 2:34 PM, lojmIttI'wI'nuv wrote:

>> QuQ novDaq Hujbogh Degh law' lutu'lu'. pagh bIH So'Ha'laH.
>> at that alien engine there are many strange symbols. no one is able to
>> decrypt them.
>
> {pagh} is misplaced. It’s apparently the subject. Why is it before the
> object?
>
> {So’Ha’} is an odd choice for “decrypt”. I know {So’} can be used for
> “encrypt”, but it also means “hide”, and you can hide or encrypt a
> symbol. {meS} also means “encrypt”, and if you are considering symbols,
> “knot” makes less sense than “encrypt”, so {meSHa’} would probably be
> less frequently misunderstood. Or simply use {mugh}. Alien symbols
> aren’t really encryption. They are simply not understood by those who
> don’t speak the language.

{meS} is slang for "encrypt." {So'} is the normal way to say "encrypt," 
{So'Ha'} means "decrypt with permission," and {baghHa'} means "decrypt 
without permission." (qepHom 13)

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