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lum
[ lum ]
Verb

English: postpone, procrastinate

German: aufschieben, verzƶgern

Spanish: posponer, procrastinar

Source: TKD (93 KE, 147 EK)

KLCP Level: 2

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Usage for lum
lumbe'
lum (v) postpone, procrastinate
-be' (r) not
tlhInganpu'.
tlhIngan (n) Klingon
-pu' (ns2) plural for beings
pu' (n) horn
pu' (n) phaser, disruptor, energy weapon

Klingons do not procrastinate.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW
latlh De'/Additional Information
Not only do Klingon see the virtue of taking action, they prefer to take action right away. From the Klingon point of view, although planning and organizing are appropriate, there is no reason not to proceed with any mission or task once the goal is established.
batlh
batlh (adv) honored, with honor
batlh (n) honor
qelDI'
qel (v) consider, take into account
-DI' (vs9) as soon as, when
qel (v) nod
tlhIngan,
tlhIngan (n) Klingon
lumbe'.
lum (v) postpone, procrastinate
-be' (r) not

A Klingon does not postpone a matter of honor.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW
latlh De'/Additional Information

As several of these saying make clear, nothing is more important to a Klingon than honor. When the Klingon officer Kulge questioned Gowron's leadership abilities, Gowron interrupted a strategy-planning session to engage him in a fight, eventually killing him, even though this delayed necessary planning for an ongoing war. To an outsider, Gowron's priorities might seem skewed, but to a Klingon, he acted properly. Even affairs of the Empire must take a back seat to protecting one's honor.
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