tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 21 16:15:08 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'oy' (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, October 20, 2002.
>
>Klingon word: 'oy'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: ache, hurt, be sore
{'oy'} (v.) in canon:
'oy'a'
Will it hurt? TKD
loQ 'oy'DI' SuvwI' bepbe'
A warrior does not complain about physical discomfort.
"The Federation Standard word 'discomfort' somewhat distorts the meaning
of the Klingon, which refers to a warrior 'aching slightly'." (TKW:46)
'oy'be'lu'chugh Qapbe'lu'
No pain, no gain. TKW
bImoH. 'oy' mInDu'wIj
You're ugly. My eyes ache. KGT
jI'oy'
I ache. (ST Continuum: KLS)
{'oy'moH} "inflict pain" (v.) in canon:
SIQwI' lu'oy'moHmeH juppu'Daj 'oy'naQmey lo' chaH
The Painstik is employed by friends of the recipient... S32
chIch vay' 'oy'moHmeH 'oy'naQ 'ul law' tlhuD 'oH
Painstiks...emit a highly-charged shock for the express purpose of
inflicting pain. S32
The description of the Klingon agonizer is also relevant:
"Klingon technology has produced two weapons used, as far as is known,
only by the Klingons themselves... The second distinctly Klingon weapon
is the {QIghpej}, a hand-held device that produces excruciating pain
when pressed up against an adversary." (KGT:55)
Verbs with similar meanings include {'aw'} "sting" and {bech} "suffer".
Note that there's a homophonous noun {'oy'} "ache, pain, sore":
'oy' DaSIQjaj!
May you endure the pain! PK
yIn DayajmeH 'oy' yISIQ.
To understand life, endure pain. TKW
which appears as an element in the nouns {Ho''oy'} "toothache" and
{'oy'naQ} "painstik".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons