tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 29 07:18:48 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: quch
> Klingon word: quch
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: kidnap
Related words:
voHDajbo' ransom (n)
vub hostage (n) [also "kidnap victim"?]
qama' prisoner (n)
jon capture (v)
nIH steal (v)
HeS commit a crime (v)
qop arrest (v)
AFAIK {quch} has never been used in canon, but {vub} has:
vubpu' jonta' HeSwI'
A criminal has succeeded in taking hostages. (ST5 notes)
wa' vub ghaH tlhIngan gharwI''e'
One hostage is a Klingon diplomat. (ST5 notes)
tlhIngan ghaH wa' vub'e'
One of the hostages is a Klingon. ST5
vubpu' jon nuchpu'. jonbe' tlhInganpu'.
Cowards take hostages. Klingons do not. TKW
Cultural notes:
TKW 97: taking a hostage is not a courageous act. Nevertheless, under certain circumstance, Klingons do take prisoners. ... Kruge seemed to violate the norm when he and his men came across a group of Federation citizens-Lieutenant Saavik, David Marcus, and a young Spock-on the Genesis planet and seized them. His intention was to interrogate them and learn about the Genesis torpedo, not to hold them as hostages.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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