Color me stupid, but what does MKE stand for?<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Steven Boozer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">> Klingon word: wel<br>
> Part of speech: verb<br>
> Definition: owe (someone)<br>
<br>
</div>Used in canon:<br>
<br>
voHDajbo' wellu' 200<br>
Mortgaged for 200. MKE<br>
<br>
yervamvaD voHDajbo' wellu'chugh, 'echletHom Dopvam yIcha'<br>
Card must be turned this side up if property is mortgaged. MKE<br>
<br>
ghunchu'wI' discusses {wel} which was introduced in the opera {'u'}:<br>
<br>
When someone has earned a reward but the prize is not yet<br>
available to be given, the person in charge of presenting it<br>
can say {qawel} "I owe you}. It is probably also appropriate<br>
when you have convinced someone to give you some service or<br>
product with the understanding that you will pay for it later.<br>
[ghunchu'wI', 8/21/11]<br>
<br>
N.B. one owes a mortgage {voHDajbo' wel} but pays rent/sum (of money) {qav'ap DIl}:<br>
<br>
HoSHal ghajchugh vay', mI' naghmey tIronmoH. wa'maHlogh boq'egh<br>
mI' naghmey; chen qav'ap. ghajwI'vaD qav'ap yIDIl.<br>
If [energy source is] owned, throw dice and pay owner a total<br>
ten times amount shown. MKE<br>
<br>
Duj ghajchugh vay', cha'logh boq'egh qav'ap motlh; chen qav'ap le'.<br>
ghajwI'vaD qav'ap le' yIDIl.<br>
If [ship is] owned, pay owner twice the rental to which they are<br>
otherwise entitled. MKE<br>
<br>
But see also:<br>
<br>
voHDajbo' qav'ap<br>
mortgage value MKE<br>
<br>
<br>
Related words:<br>
<br>
DIl pay for (v)<br>
ghaq contribute (v)<br>
ngIp borrow, hire (v)<br>
nob give (v)<br>
nobHa' give back, return (v)<br>
noj lend (v)<br>
tatlh return [<a href="http://s.th" target="_blank">s.th</a>.] (v)<br>
rup fine, tax (v)<br>
<br>
nob gift (n)<br>
pop reward (n)<br>
qav'ap rent, sum, amount [of money], payment?<br>
tev prize (n)<br>
van'a' award (n)<br>
voHDajbo' ransom (TKD), mortgage (MKE) (n)<br>
<br>
--<br>
Voragh<br>
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br>
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