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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#1f497d" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">That’s right. It was just to distinguish {meQ} “burn” (i.e. be on fire) from {laQ} “fire, energize” & {baH} “fire
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Felix
Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm@kth.se] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 10, 2012 2:16 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">ghItlhta' ghunchu'wI',<br>
>> meQ be on fire (v)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">> Hal yIngu'neS.<br>
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I'm guessing Voragh is extrapolating from <meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH> ("Only a fool fights in a burning house.").<br>
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Interestingly, it seems <meQ> can also mean "be burnt" (as in <Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu'>) and "to cause to burn" (as in <to'waQ meQ vutwI'>). [I'm a bit suspicious toward that last one, myself, and always use <meQmoH>, but it is canon.]<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
ghunchu'wI' 'utlh [qunchuy@alcaco.net]<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 10, 2012 20:29<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Klingon language email discussion forum<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: laQ</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">meQ be on fire (v)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hal yIngu'neS.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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