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Re: Klingon WOTD: puj (v)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: puj (v)
• Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:40:37 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, July 12, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   puj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     be weak

As used in canon:

   tlhIngan yoH HoS verengan yoH puj
   The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi (slang) KGT

   tlhIngan yoH HoS Hoch yoH puj
   Klingons are the bravest of all (slang) KGT

   puj; bIQ rur
   weak as water KGT

   bIpuj
   You are weak. KLS

   puj verengan; bIQ rur
   the Ferengi is as weak as water (HQ 13.1:9)

{pujmoH}  "weaken"

   pujchuqmoH
   they weaken each other

   pujnISmoH
   he/she needs to weaken [somebody]

{pujwI'}  "weakling" (n.)

   pujwI' HIvlu'chugh quvbe'lu'
   There is no honor in attacking the weak. TKW

"Weak" in KGT:

   Prior to the preparation of this dish [i.e. {qagh}, the worms
   are fed only {'Iw puj} ("diluted blood"; literally, "weak
   blood"), which the worms find unappetizing and therefore consume
   only when they are nearly starving.   [KGT 87]

   ... in an archaic form of Klingon, {ru'} meant something like
   "ready to collapse or die". It was used to describe weakened
   prey or a weakened enemy ... The modern meaning of {ru'},
   derived from the earlier senses, is "be temporary". (KGT 42)

   This word [Hom] literally means "bone", but its slang usage is
   no doubt influenced by the noun suffix {-Hom}, a diminutive that
   adds a meaning of smallness or lack of importance... There are a
   number of standard counterparts to {Hom}, such as {pujwI'}
   ("weakling"), {langwI'} ("one who is thin"), and {runwI'} ("one
   who is short". (KGT 152)

   a society that is judged to be falling apart may have {tlhamHom}
   ("little gravity") or {tlham puj} ("weak gravity.") [KGT 165]

>Additional Notes:  Opposite of {HoS}.

{HoS} "be strong"

{HoSghaj}  "be powerful, be potent"



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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