tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 28 07:59:19 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jab
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2014
>
> Klingon word: jab
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: serve (food)
bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'
Revenge is a dish best served cold. TKD
HIq qIj reghuluS 'Iw HIq ghap jab
They serve Black Ale or Regulan bloodwine. CK
tera'nganvaD romuluS HIq jabQo'
They won't serve Romulan ale to Terrans. CK
yIntaHbogh qagh jablu'DI' reH nIvqu' qagh
Gagh is always best when served live. TKW
yIntaHbogh tlhIngan Soj tlhol jablu'DI' tIvqu'lu'
Klingon food is best when served fresh and live. S21
jabwI'! wI'oj!
Server! We're thirsty! KGT [sic for {ma'oj}?]
Hop jabwI'
The waiter is far from me right now. (HQ 12/1998)
KGT 92: The fermentation process is monitored so that the food is served at just the right time, even though the process is actually still going on (the verb meaning "serve fermented food at its peak" is {wech}).
KGT 95: {'Iw HIq} (bloodwine) is served warm to hot...
KGT 86: It is not possible here to give detailed accounts of how to prepare specific dishes or even to list all of the ingredients. Nor is it possible to explain and compare the cuisines of different regions and planets within the Empire. For detailed information of that kind, the best source is probably {jabmeH} by J'puq (the title means "In Order to Serve"; it is a cookbook).
KGT 100ff.: Any visitor to a Klingon city, or even outpost, will undoubtedly want to spend some time sampling Klingon food in a restaurant ({Qe'}) ... The person who takes the order and brings the food is the {jabwI'} ("server") and the chef is the {vutwI'} ("cook"; in a large restaurant, the head chef is referred to as the {vutwI' quv}, the "honored cook"). In small establishments, the {jabwI'} and {vutwI'} are likely to be the same individual. If there is a separate bar ({tach}), the bartender ({chom}) will mix drinks; otherwise, these chores fall to the {vutwI'}. When taking a table's order, the {jabwI'} neither writes anything down nor enters data into a computer. It is considered the duty of the {jabwI'} to remember ({qaw}) the choices and to bring the correct food, and servers tend to be quite skilled at this. On the rare occasion when the {jabwI'} has remembered incorrectly ({qawHa'}), the patron may reject ({lajQo'}) the dish. If the patron rejects a dish that the server believes has been properly remembered, however, the misunderstanding could develop into minor combat. For most of the other diners in the restaurant, this is regarded as an exhilarating diversion. The actual eating of a meal at a restaurant is done in accordance with the same rules of etiquette as any other meal, as described earlier. If anything additional is desired during the meal - more food or drink, for example - the server is called over by shouting {jabwI'!} ("Server!}) If a refill of the drink order is all that is needed, some time can be saved by adding {wI'oj} ("We're thirsty") to the shout.
KGT 102f.: Some restaurants ... sometimes called a {Do Qe'} (velocity restaurant), caters to those who have a limited amount of time to eat before returning to their various duties. In such an establishment, the menu is limited and changes quite infrequently. Orders are given and taken quickly, and lingering is uncommon. Each dish is prepared and served in one way and one way only, so it is inappropriate, for example, to say whether sauce is desired. The person taking the order is, in this case, called not a {jabwI'} (server) but, instead, a {tebwI'} (filler), presumably because he or she fills a platter ({'elpI'}) with the requested food.
N.B. Don't confuse {jab} "serve (food)" with {toy'} "serve (a master)" and never call a Klingon server a {toy'wI'} "servant" - not unless you're bored and wish to provoke some "minor combat"! Which reminds me of the {vIttlhegh}:
wo' toy'taHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan
To die while serving the Empire is the hope of every Klingon. TKW
And although this might be a clever motto for a "ethnic" Klingon restaurant somewhere in the Federation, the pun is entirely lost in Klingon. <g>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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