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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chon
> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 30, 2011
>
> Klingon word: chon
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: hunt
Never used in a sentence.
Cultural notes:
KGT 27: Being hunters by nature and primarily carnivorous, Klingons have an extensive vocabulary for different parts of an animal, and the terminology is widespread.
KGT 89: Animals to be eaten are generally acquired by means of a hunt ({chon}; the verb "hunt" is {wam}). On the other hand, Klingons generally {Sep} (breed) small animals such as {gharghmey} (worms).
KGT 61: A {'etlh}, even if primarily a weapon, may be used in other activities as well, such as hunting and even sculpting.
KGT 77: A song sung while going to, or returning from, a hunt is a {chon bom}, or hunt song.
KGT 100f.: In some restaurants, the menu ({HIDjolev}) is posted ... but in most, the patrons know the regular fare and ask about specials, including the {DaHjaj gheD} (literally, "today's prey"), a dish whose components depend on what animals the restaurant's hunters were able to bring in.
Trek notes:
"We have always fought. We must. We are hunters, Captain, tracking and taking what we need. There are poor planets in the Klingon systems, we must push outward if we are to survive." (Mara to Kirk, TOS "Day of the Dove")
In 2267 Klingon agent Krell told village headman Appela that killing has pleasures: it's easier than trading and it has rewards-like the hunt. (TOS "A Private Little War")
{wam} "hunt" and {wamwI'} "hunter" in canon:
veng chanDaq jIwam
I hunt east of the city. (st.k 11/99)
chan vengDaq jIwam
I hunt in the city in the east. (st.k 11/99)
'evmajDaq jIwampu'
I have hunted northwest of here. (st.k 11/99)
wam chaH. ghIq Soj luvut.
They hunt. Then (after that) they prepare food. (HQ 8.3)
wam chaH 'ej ghIq Soj luvut.
They hunt and then they prepare food. (HQ 8.3)
QotDI' gheD tlhejbe' wamwI'
The hunter does not lie down with the prey. TKW
vagh SanID ben buDbe' wamwI'pu'. ngugh Ho'Du'chaj lo' chaH, 'ach DaH tajmey lo'.
5,000 years ago, hunters were not lazy. Then (at that time) they used their teeth, but now they use knives. (st.k 11/99)
Related verbs:
{nej} look for, seek, search for
{von} trap, entrap
{ghoch} track, track down
Related nouns and noun phrases:
{chon bom} hunting song
{chonnaQ} hunting spear (also be called a {naQjej})
{chontay} ritual hunt
{gheD} prey
{wamwI'} hunter
{wamwI' Ha'DIbaH} hunter's meat
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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