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Re: Klingon WOTD: yejquv (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, July 9, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   yejquv
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     High Council

As used in canon:

   yejquv vaS'a' vISuch vIneH
   I want to visit the Great Hall of the High Council. CK

   juHqo'Daq vaS'a' tu'lu'. ngoch luchermeH 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH
   pa' ghom tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'.
   On the Homeworld, there is a great hall where the leaders of the
   Klingon High Council meet to determine policy and decide upon the
   fate of the Empire. S25

   DuraS tuq tlhIngan yejquv patlh luDub 'e' reH lunIDtaH DuraS
   be'nI'pu' lurSa' be'etor je.
   The sisters of the House of Duras, Lursa and B'Etor, are constantly
   seeking a higher standing for the House of Duras within the Klingon
   High Council. S26

As discussed by Okrand:

   Among the higher classes, one is born into an ancestral unit
   known as a {tuq}, normally translated "house". Some houses are
   particularly wealthy, controlling vast lands by means of armed
   forces loyal to the particular house. Other houses have far less
   influence and, for survival, often form alliances with the larger
   houses. Each house is led by the eldest male direct descendent
   of the previous leader (there are complex traditions dealing
   with what happens if there is no male heir), and the heads of the
   larger houses--that is, those with the greatest holdings and
   strongest forceshave seats on the Klingon High Council ({tlhIngan
   yejquv}), the body that rules the Empire.  Since the number of
   seats on the Council is limited, many houses are not directly
   represented, are not as influential in Klingon society, and
   therefore occupy a slightly lower social position... A house's
   place in society may also be adversely affected by the behavior
   of its leadership. If the High Council determines an action to be
   dishonorable, not only may it remove the leader of a house from
   the Council itself, it may also seize the house's lands, forces,
   and other holdings.  (KGT 36-38)

Note: {yejquv DevwI'} "Leader of the High Council", also called the {Qang} 
"chancellor".

Cf. also {quprIp} "Council of Elders".


-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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