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[ vuv ]
Verb
English: respect
German: respektieren
Source: TKD (113 KE, 150 EK)
KLCP Level: 1
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Usage for vuv
qoH vuvbe' SuS.
The wind does not respect a fool.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.107
latlh De'/Additional Information

This is actually the moral of a fable in the manner of Aesop. It advises one not to try that which is clearly impossible. According to the story, told by the clone of Kahless, a man once refused to go inside the city walls to protect himself from an impending storm. He said he wanted to "stand before the wind and make it respect me." The man was killed by the storm.


ghaH vuv SuS neH
want the wind to respect someone - foolish
Type: idiom - Source: KGT p. 122
latlh De'/Additional Information
He/she is foolish:
{Duvuv SuS DaneH'a'?}
Are you an idiot?
jIDoghqu'
vIghIjlu'mo' 'ej bortaS vIneHmo'
jIleghlaHbe' 'ach chovuvtaH
What a fool I have been,
Blinded by fear and spite,
And still you find me worthy.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Did you think that my word of honor
Would have carried me this far?
Honor is for those with nothing to lose!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
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