lack, be without, to not have
word type:
verb, TKD chapter 4.
transitive verb: vay' vIHutlh. = I lack, be without, to not have something.
Source
Klingon for the Galactic Traveler p.
216
Canon examples
quv Hutlh HoHbogh tlhIngan 'ach qabDaj 'angbe'bogh.
The Klingon who kills without showing his face has no honor. (TKW, p. 59)
'ang'eghQo' quv Hutlhbogh jagh neH ghobtaHvIS ghaH.
Only an enemy without honor refuses to show himself in battle. (TKW, p. 61)
wa' joQ Hutlh ghaH
He/she lacks one rib.
This expression is only meant literally to avoid the idiom of "22 ribs", which implies that something is wrong. (KGT, p. 127)
Opposite
ghaj possess
More Information
The object is the thing that is not there, the subject is the person who does not have it. So vIHutlh is roughly I don't have it.
Cite this entry
Definition of {Hutlh}
from the Klingon Language Wiki:
https://klingon.wiki/Word/Hutlh
Retrieved 30 Mar 2023
Copy and paste, or:
Click to share on Facebook /