tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 11 09:39:25 2003
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RE: Klingon WOTD: Hub (v)
- From: "Joseph, Justine" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon WOTD: Hub (v)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:42:10 -0000
- Disposition-Notification-To: "Joseph, Justine" <[email protected]>
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- Thread-Topic: Klingon WOTD: Hub (v)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Boozer [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Hub (v)
>
>
> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, December 11, 2003.
> >
> >Klingon word: Hub
> >Part of Speech: verb
> >Definition: defend
>
> As used in canon:
>
> batlh tlhIngan Segh yIHub
> Defend the Klingon race with honor. (ST5 notes)
>
> DujDaj HubtaHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan
> To die defending his ship is the hope of every Klingon. TKW
>
> Note the use of {Hub'egh} "defend oneself" in:
>
> not Hub'eghrupHa' lo'wI'
> "the user is never caught at a disadvantage" SP2
>
> FYI: "Defend yourself!" signals the start of a bat'leth duel (cf. TNG
> "Lower Decks", DS9 "House of Quark", DS9 "Way of the Warrior", etc.). It's
> the Klingon equivalent to "En garde!"
>
> A special idiom is {HubneS} "honor-defend", used "only when suicide is part
> of the defense plan" (KGT p. 49).
>
> Finally, note the homophonous noun {Hub} "defense".
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
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