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Re: Klingon WOTD: qaD (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: qaD (verb)
• Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:50:42 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, October 21, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   qaD
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     challenge, resist, oppose, confront, face
>Additional Notes:
>KGT adds the meanings of "resist, oppose, confront, face."

Used in canon:

   nIteb Qob qaD jup 'e' chaw'be' SuvwI'
   A warrior does not let a friend face danger alone. TKW

Cultural notes:

   Someone unsatisfied with the status quo, a rebel, might be said to
   want to {ngup qaD} ("challenge those in charge"; literally, "challenge
   the cape").  [KGT 157]

Related verbs:

{'om} resist, fend off; {'ov} compete

>Homonyms:
>     qaD (noun) - challenge, test of one's abilities

Never used in canon.

Cf. also {mu'qaD} curse; {nalqaD} mate challenge



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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