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Re: Klingon WOTD: boQ (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: boQ (noun)
• Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:20:41 -0600
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, December 16, 2005.
>
>Klingon word:   boQ
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     aid, assistance

Never used in a Klingon sentence.

Mentioned passim in KGT:

   There is, in addition, at least one type of spear, the {tlhevjaQ},
   which employs a {chetvI'}, a stick with a hook at the end, as an
   aid for throwing. There is a single verb, {wob}, that is used to
   describe the full range of activities involved in putting the
   spear properly into the spear-throwing aid and using the aid to
   hurl the spear... [KGT 64-5]

So... *{wobmeH boQ} "spear-throwing aid"?

Related nouns:  {QaH} "help"

>Homonyms:
>     boQ (noun) - aide

{boQ} can be used for "assistant".  Cf. also {boQDu'} "aide-de-camp".

>     boQ (verb) - assist, aid

Used in canon:

   HIboQ
   Help me! [said to a waitress] CK

Related verbs:  {qeS} "advise" and {QaH} "help, aid"

Note BTW the similar sounding verb {boq} "ally with, form an alliance with" 
and noun {boq} "alliance, bloc, coalition".  An alliance is a particular 
form of aid and/or assistance.



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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