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voragh jatlhpu':<br>
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For comparison we have the similar verb {bot} "prevent, block" which has been used:
Dubotchugh yIpummoH
If it's in your way, knock it down. TKW
HuDqIjDaq qet ghIq Hechaj bot QIStaq
Running Over the Black Hills Until Kri'stak blocks their path. (PB)
qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot.
Intercept Rudellian plague relief convoy to Cardassian Union. MKE
lojmItDaj veghta'DI' jubbe'wI' yInqa'meH chegh 'e' botnIS
qotar qeylIS HoHmeH qotar qeylIS SamnIS
Still, Kotar cannot let a mortal Pass his gates and return
alive, Kahless must be hunted down and killed. (PB)
yab matlh muvchuqghach Sorgh vay' 'e' vIbotjaj.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.
(Sonnet 116)
This raises the question: What's the difference between {waQ} "obstruct" and {bot} "prevent, block, etc."?
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jIjatlhpu':<br>
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...{waQ} is used when there is an inanimate obstruction {lojmIt waQ
Sor HoHpu'}, while {bot} is used when there is an animate object <b
class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>actively<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> involved {lojmIt bot mIl'oD}.
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DaH jIjatlh:<br>
The canon seems to support the idea that {bot} means an active
impediment. Especially the first three examples.<br>
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~quljIb<br>
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