tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 31 07:34:39 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qam
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 31, 2014
>
> Klingon word: Qam
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: stand
QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS
Better to die on our feet than live on our knees. (ST6 & TKW)
("Dying while standing is preferable to living while kneeling.")
TKW 95: The grammatical construction is a bit aberrant; one would expect {QamtaHvIS} and {tortaHvIS}. In proverbs, grammatical shortcuts are not uncommon.
yIyong 'ej pa' yIQam
Get in and stand there. CK
Qam
Stand! PK
poSDaq nIHDaq je QamtaHvIS SuvwI'pu', chaH jojDaq yItnIS lopwI'
The initiate must pass through a gauntlet of warriors. S9
STEnc 124: Klingon tradition held that when a Klingon was unable to stand and face his enemies, he should choose the *Hegh'bat* [ritual suicide]."
Related vocabulary:
Hu' get up (v)
joD stoop (v)
tor kneel (v)
SIH bend (v)
Qot lie, recline (v)
ba' sit (v)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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