tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 09 08:24:54 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: meq (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, February 5, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: meq
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: reason
Never used in canon.
>Homonyms:
> meq (noun) - reason, motive
Klingons may not care whether a falsehood is intentional, but only whether
the information is reliable. As Ambassador Kell admonished Worf, "Motives?
Who cares for motives? Humans, perhaps." (TNG "The Mind's Eye")
This shows up as a proverb: {ram meqmey} "Motives are insignificant" (TKW
143).
Related noun:
{mo'} "motive, motivation, grounds, reason, rationale" (SLANG):
This word literally means {cage}, suggesting that one's reasons for
accomplishing a particular act are somehow restrictive or confining, as
if preventing escape into other forms of behavior. The slang meaning is
no doubt also influenced by the noun suffix {-mo'} ("due to", as in
{HeSmo'}, "due to the crime") and verb suffix {-mo'} ("because", as in
{HIvmo'} ["because he/she attacks"]). The slang term {mo'} is used in
sentences such as {jaghpu' mo' wIyajnIS} ("We must understand the enemies'
motive"; literally, "We must understand the enemies' cage"). A close
standard equivalent is {meq} ("reason")--that is, "logical thinking".
(KGT 154)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons