tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 08 07:24:13 2008
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Re: Klingon WOTD: pegh (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, February 8, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: pegh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: keep something secret
>
>Homonyms:
> pegh (verb) - secret, be secret
Used in canon:
pegh De'vetlh
That is classified information. CK
De' pegh vIghaj
I have secret information. PK
ghoSmeH yIpegh
Stealth approach. ST5
pegh vIttlhegh
A proverb keeps things secret. (HQ 5.1)
Cf. also {peghHa'moH} "cause to not keep a secret":
KGT 153: [{luH}] literally means "yank" and is used in such sentences as
{jav luHpu' 'avwI'} ("The guard has caused a prisoner to
confess"--literally, "The guard has yanked a six"). Standard words
expressing the same notions are {DISmoH} ("cause to confess") and
{peghHa'moH} ("cause to not keep a secret").
> pegh (noun) - secret
nuH pegh
secret of this weapon, the weapon's secret TKD
nuHvam pegh
secret of this weapon TKD
Hov ghajbe'bogh ram rur pegh ghajbe'bogh jaj
A day without secrets is like a night without stars. PK
not mev peghmey
Secrets never cease. PK
"When asked to speak Klingon, [Okrand] often says, {QI' peghmey vI'angQo'}
which means 'I refuse to reveal military secrets'." (Qov, HQ 13.3:14)
{peghmey vIttlhegh} "secrecy proverb" (lit. "secrets' proverb" or "proverb
of secrets"), i.e. a sentence uttered to assure someone that you will keep
his secret(s). Okrand explains that
HQ 5.1: Infrequently the singular {pegh} "secret" (rather than the plural
{peghmey}) is heard, shortening the construction to {pegh vIttlhegh}. Since
{pegh} is also a verb (meaning "keep something secret"), {pegh vIttlhegh}
can also be interpreted as a sentence meaning something like "a proverb
keeps things secret," that is, it withholds information rather than being a
ready source of answers. To some Klingons, this is a most insightful
coincidence.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons