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[ tʰɑq͔χ ]
Verb

English: be weird, bizarre, unnatural, maybe creepy

German: unheimlich, seltsam

Source: TKD (109 KE), qepHom 2017

KLCP Level: 1

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Missing from EK side of TKD.

Usage for taQ
moratlh
moratlh (pn) Morath

qaSambej
qa- (vp) I-you
Sam (v) locate, seek and find
-bej (vs6) certainly, undoubtedly

petaQ
petaQ (excl) (curse) epithet, insult
pe- (vp) you (plural) (imperative)
taQ (v) be weird, bizarre, unnatural, maybe creepy
petaQ
petaQ (excl) (curse) epithet, insult
pe- (vp) you (plural) (imperative)
taQ (v) be weird, bizarre, unnatural, maybe creepy
petaQ
petaQ (excl) (curse) epithet, insult
pe- (vp) you (plural) (imperative)
taQ (v) be weird, bizarre, unnatural, maybe creepy

Morath!
I will hunt you down!
P'takh*! P'takh! P'takh!

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

petaQ'a'
pe- (vp) you (plural) (imperative)
taQ (v) be weird, bizarre, unnatural, maybe creepy
-'a' (vs9) interrogative
SoH
SoH (pronoun) you

bIlay'DI'
bI- (vp) you
lay' (v) promise
-DI' (vs9) as soon as, when
qaHarbe'
qa- (vp) I-you
Har (v) believe
-be' (r) not

jIHvaD
jIH (n) monitor, viewing screen
-vaD (ns5) for, intended for
jIH (pronoun) I, me
jIH (v) monitor
quv
quv (n) honor
quv (v) be honored
yIjatlhQo’

You dirty p'takh,
Your word means nothing to me,
Don’t speak to me of honor!

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

latlh De'/Additional Information

In the first edition of the paq'batlh the last line was quv HIja'chuqQo', which has a grammatical error in it. The -chuq suffix cannot be used with a verb prefix that includes an object.

jach
jach (v) scream, cry out, shout, yell
veqlargh
veqlargh (n) Fek'lhr, devil, demon
jatlh
jatlh (v) say, tell, speak

muqaD
mu- (vp) he/she/it/they-me
qaD (v) challenge, resist, oppose, confront, face
vay'
vay' (n) somebody, someone, something, anybody, anyone, anything
'ej
'ej (conj) and (joining sentences)
ghe'tor
ghe'tor (n) Gre'thor (where spirits of the dishonored go)
'el
'el (v) enter, go in
porgh
porgh (n) body

nuqDaq
nuqDaq (question) where?
ghaH
ghaH (pronoun) he, she, him, her
petaQ'e'
pe- (vp) you (plural) (imperative)
taQ (v) be weird, bizarre, unnatural, maybe creepy
-'e' (ns5) topic

He screamed: ā€œWhere is the p'takh
Who dares to enter Gre'thor
Within a body?!

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

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