1. be at a negative angle
word type:
verb used as adjective, TKD chapter 4.4.
Quality verbs are intransitive by nature.
Source
The Klingon Dictionary p.
109
2. continue, go on, endure, survive
word type:
verb, TKD chapter 4.
intransitive verb: taH vay'. = Somebody/something continue, go on, endure, survives.
Source
Addendum of The Klingon Dictionary p.
184
the meaning of "survive" was first used in TKW p. 11 and defined in KGT p. 227
First used in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (see list)
Canon examples
mataHmeH maSachnIS.
To survive, we must expand. (TKW p. 11)
taH pagh taHbe'
To be or not to be. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Expanded examples
tlhIngan maH, taHjaj
Remain Klingon! (Star Trek: Discovery)
Pun
verb meaning extracted from the suffix -taH for ST6 Hamlet quote
3. continuous

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word type:
Type 7 verb suffix, TKD chapter 4.2.7.
Source
The Klingon Dictionary p.
42, 164
First used in Star Trek - The Motion Picture (see list)
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This word is part of one of the six phrases that were created by James Doohan for Star Trek - The Motion Picture. The Klingon spelling was later adapted by Marc Okrand.
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Definition of {taH}
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http://klingon.wiki/Word/TaH
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