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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon WOTD: bIj (noun)
Captain Kavok in the VCR game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Interactive_VCR_Board_Game_%E2%80%93_A_Klingon_Challenge
would say "Experience bIj!" when punishing a player.
Video at
http://vimeo.com/11040425
time mark 1:35
~naHQun
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, April 26, 2008.
>>
>>Klingon word: bIj
>>Part of Speech: noun
>>Definition: punishment
>
> Never used in canon.
>
> Related nouns:
>
> {jIp} penalty; {wem} violation; {ruv} justice; {Sun} discipline
>
>>Homonyms:
>> bIj (verb) - punish
>
> Used in canon:
>
> qabIj
> I punish you. KGT
>
> Related verbs:
>
> {wem} violate; {HeS} commit a crime; {yem} sin
>
> Cf. also {mub} "be legal" vs. {Hat} "be illegal.
>
> N.B. the synonym {Hup} "punish", which has never been used in canon. The
> difference between {bIj} and {Hup} is unknown at this time.
>
> Trek Trivia:
>
> "You'll find there are many rules and regulations. They will be
> posted. Violation of the smallest of them will be punished by
> death." (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
>
> Some Klingons take a similar approach WRT their language! E.g.:
>
> Mistakes of this kind are simply not tolerated and there are no
> recorded instances of anyone living long enough to repeat the
> offense. [KGT 190]
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
>
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