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Re: Klingon WOTD: boQ (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, April 2, 2008.
>
>Klingon word:   boQ
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     aid, assistance

Never used in canon.

Related nouns:

{QaH} "help"

Cf. also {chetvI'} "spear-throwing aid"

>Homonyms:
>     boQ (noun) - aide

Never used in canon.

Related nouns:

{boQDu'} "aide-de-camp";  {{cha'DIch} "aide (during a ceremonial challenge)"

>     boQ (verb) - assist, aid

Used in canon:

   HIboQ
   Help me! [to a waitress] CK

Related verbs:

{qeS} "advise";  {QaH} "help, aid"

The difference between {boQ} and {QaH} is unclear.  {QaH} in canon FYI:

QaH!  nom QaH yIqem!
Help! Get help quickly! CK

ghoQaH
[Help us! (untranslated)] ST6

QaHqang
He/she is willing to help.

choQaHpu'neS
You, honored one, have helped me. KGT

choQaHpu'
You have helped me. KGT

muQaHpu'neS
He/she, whom I honor, has helped me. KGT

muQaHpu'
He/she has helped me. KGT

batlh muQaHpu'
He/she has helped me in an honored way. He/she has helped me with honor. KGT

batlh choQaHpu'
You have helped me in an honored way. You have helped me with honor. KGT

QaH yaS wa'DIch
The first officer helps. KGT

qaQaH
I help you. KLS



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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