tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 14 08:32:56 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: chab (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, March 11, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: chab
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: invention, innovation (slang)
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 21: The distinctive pronunciations of the Krotmag dialect are
>surely responsible for some slang and idiomatic usages in Klingon in
>general. For example, a {chab chu'} (literally, "new pie") is another way
>to say "new invention" or "latest innovation." This is no doubt because
>the Krotmag pronunciation of {chab} ("pie") is {cham}, the same as the
>word for "technology."
A related verb is {'ogh} "invent".
>Homonyms:
> chab (noun) - pie, tart, dumpling
At a {qep'a'} a few years ago, we asked Marc Okrand about this,
and he said that {chab} would work for this. The word means any
baked bread or crust sort of food. So, doughnuts are {chab},
turnovers are {chab}, and pizza is {chab}. Mince pie would be
{chab}. Bagels are {chab} [...] {chab} doesn't equal "bread".
(SuStel)
Cp. Klingon {'Iwchab} "blood pie" - "A much-favored Klingon dish, difficult
to prepare properly. There are many regional variations of this dish."
(KCD) "Many Klingon families traditionally serve blood pie on the Day of
Honor." (VOY "Day of Honor").
Used in canon:
ro'qegh'Iwchab HInob
Give me the rokeg blood pie. (PK)
qagh, ro'qegh'Iwchab, targh tIq Sop 'e' lungIl Humanpu' puS
Few humans dare to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ. (S21)
'ey ro'qegh'Iwchab, rap qagh
the gagh is as delicious as the rokeg blood pie (HQ 13.1:8-9)
'ugh ro'qegh'Iwchab, nIb raHta'
the racht is as heavy as the rokeg blood pie (HQ 13.1:8-9)
ro'qegh'Iwchab 'ey law' qagh 'ey law'
the rokeg blood pie is as delicious as the gagh (HQ 13.1:8-9)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons