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[ mɛx ]
Verb Suffix Type 9

English: for (purpose-clause marker)

Spanish: para (ClÔusula de propósito)

Source: TKD (94 KE, 122 EK)

KLCP Level: 2

Usage for -meH
qIpmeH
qIp (v) hit (with hand, fist, implement), knock
-meH (vs9) for the purpose of
Qatlh'a'
Qatlh (v) be difficult
-'a' (vs9) interrogative
Qatlh (v) be complex

Is it difficult to hit?

Type: sentence - Source: Star Trek: The Final Frontier

latlh De'/Additional Information

"For the purpose of us hitting it, is it difficult?"

maQapmeH
ma- (vp) we
Qap (v) work, function, succeed, win
-meH (vs9) for the purpose of
Qap (v) operate, be in operation
maHIv.
ma- (vp) we
HIv (v) attack

In order to succeed, we attack.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

qa'
qa' (n) spirit, ghost
qa' (v) replace
wIje'meH
wI- (vp) we-him/her/it
je' (v) buy, purchase
-meH (vs9) for the purpose of
je' (v) feed (someone else)
je' (v) enrich (the spirit)
maSuv
ma- (vp) we
Suv (v) fight

We fight to enrich the spirit

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

A more literal translation of this Klingon phrase is "We fight in order to feed the spirit," focusing more on the role of the giver of enrichment (the Klingon) than that of the recipient (the spirit). For Klingons, the spirit is something that must be cared for actively. As the clone of Kahless pointed out, fighting is more than a physical activity: "We do not fight merely to spill blood, but to enrich the spirit." Interestingly, because of the homophony of the Klingon words for "feed" and "buy," both "{je'}," the phrase could also be translated as "We fight in order to buy the spirit." If this is not mere coincidence, then, perhaps, to the Klingon way of thinking, while one is alive, one must sacrifice or give up something (the way one uses credits or latinum when making a purchase) in order to ensure that the spirit is one's own.

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