tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 27 12:38:30 2010
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RE: New words
Gah, hit the send button a bit to soon...
>> mevaq = mevak dagger
> {mevaq} *m'veQ* dagger (KRAD: A Good Day to Die [DeCandido])
> Used in the Mauk-to'Vor death ritual. First seen in DS9 "Sons of Mogh".
Interestingly, at the Praxis convention in 1998, Marc Okrand reportedly used the pronunciation {ma'veq}, and according to Hol 'ampaS, "Okrand has confirmed that the new word for the ceremonial knife is {ma'veq}."
This is actually how Kurn pronounces it in "Sons of Mogh" (which I believe is the only episode in which this traditional knife's name has been used), although the script (according to ST-minutiae) writes it as "mevak" and gives the pronunciation as "meh-VIK".
Just make sure you never mistake this for a meyvaQ...