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>> meQ be on fire (v)<br>
<div>> 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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Interestingly, I sumbled across this video from "Star Trek: Klingon", yesterday: <a href="http://youtu.be/ljmey6wsmJQ?t=37s" target="_blank">
http://youtu.be/ljmey6wsmJQ?t=37s</a><br>
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While I can't tell exactly, it seems the first two lines are <'o meQ qul! 'o meQ chal!><br>
This is interesting to me, as I've always wondered if <meQ qul> was a correct way to say "the fire is burning" (since the fire is not actually on fire or being burnt).<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 10, 2012 20:29<br>
<b>To:</b> Klingon language email discussion forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: laQ<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Steven Boozer <span dir="ltr">
<<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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meQ be on fire (v)<br>
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<div>Hal yIngu'neS.</div>
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