tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 09 07:33:27 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: roj (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, October 8, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: roj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: make peace
Never used in canon -- which seems appropriate! <g>
Cultural note:
Klingon had no word for "peacemaker" until the Klingons encountered
Ramatisian mediator Riva, who helped negotiate several treaties between the
Klingons and the Federation (TNG "Loud as a Whisper"). Indeed, Okrand has
never listed the obvious derived noun *{rojwI'} "peacemaker" in any
official Klingon glossary!
>Homonyms:
> roj (noun) - peace
Saying {rojqoq} "so-called peace", rather than simply {roj} "peace",
indicates that the speaker does not really believe that peace is
legitimate or likely to endure. (TKD 24)
Okrand continued this theme in "Power Klingon" when commenting on {-qoq}:
{rojqoq} "the so-called peace", which you believe is actually non-existent.
Used in canon:
yIntaHvIS qIrq DuHbe' roj
There will be no peace as long as Kirk lives. (ST5 notes)
Related nouns:
{rojHom} "truce, temporary peace":
ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla'
The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer. TKD
{rojmab} "peace treaty" (cf. {mab} "treaty", {qI'} "sign [a treaty]; cf.
also {rom} "accord" - e.g. Khitomer Accords):
{'orghen rojmab} "The Organian Peace Treaty"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons