tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 03 16:32:41 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: pov (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, March 3, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: pov
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: excellent, to be excellent
As used in canon:
DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS
It [IKV Pagh] has the best weapons... S7
Mentioned in passing in KGT:
The slang usage of {qu'} ["be great, be wonderful, be excellent, be
superlative,
be splendid"] is currently extremely common among Klingons, and it has
pretty
much displaced another slang term with the same set of meanings ("excellent,
wonderful", etc.), {Huv} (literally, "be clear, not obstructed"), which
was in
vogue not all that long ago. The use of {Huv} for "excellent" is now
considered
old-fashioned. This is also the case with {nong} ("passionate"), an even
older
slang term for "excellent". (As of this writing, the slang usage of
{nong} seems
to be making a comeback, but it is still too early to say whether this will
really happen.) Nonslang verbs expressing similar ideas are {Dun} ("be
wonderful,
great"), {pov} ("be excellent"). (KGT 159-61)
Cf. also {QaQ} "be good" and {qaq} "be preferable, be better".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons