tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 26 07:44:56 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Qob (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, October 26, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: Qob
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: danger
Used in canon:
Qob!
Danger! CK
[This warning could theoretically be a verb with an unexpressed subject:
"It's dangerous!"]
nIteb Qob qaD jup 'e' chaw'be' SuvwI'
A warrior does not let a friend face danger alone. TKW
Mentioned by Okrand:
Klingons have always considered it truly invigorating to face danger.
As Commander Kruge said to Captain Kirk while the Genesis planet on
which they were stranded was quickly falling apart, "Exhilarating,
isn't it?" (TKW 73; cf. ST3)
>Homonyms:
> Qob (verb) - be dangerous
Used in canon:
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'
Set fire on the side when there is danger
("... when the situation is dangerous"). PK
Discussed by Okrand:
... while it is acceptable to say {He Qob} ("dangerous route"),
using {Qob} ("be dangerous") adjectivally, it is ungrammatical to
say {He Qom} for ("perilous route"). (KGT 163, in re the slang
word {Qom} "be hazardous, be perilous, be treacherous")
Klingon scientist Kurak ... informed Dr. Crusher, "Insulting the
honor of a Klingon can be extremely dangerous."
(TKW 56; cf. TNG "Suspicions")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons