tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 21 08:15:34 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: taymoH (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, May 19, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: taymoH
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: civilize
Never used in canon.
Related words:
{tay} be civilized (v.); {tay} "ceremony, rite, ritual" (n.); {tayqeq}
"civilization"
Qov once made a shrewd observation on the link between ritual {tay} and
civilization {tayqeq}:
"Apparently while our definition of maturity is cities (CIVilization),
theirs is ritual ({nentay}, {Heghtay}, {muvtay})."
But I wonder whether {tay} "be civilized" might be derived from {tay'} "be
together, be united".
Related verbs:
{SeQ} "be formal, ritualistic, ceremonial"; {Hach} "be developed (e.g. a
civilization)"; {'Itlh} "be advanced, highly developed"; {lutlh} "be primitive"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons