tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 12 08:45:40 1999
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Re: SachtaH Holmaj!
qa'ral wrote:
: This would seem appropriate for a language that (jatlh worIv)
: did not have a word for *peace* until the 23d or 24th century.
:
: P.S. Where did /roj/ come from, anyway? I would have preferred
/ghobHa'/.
IIRC, Worf complained that Klingon didn't have a word for "peace-maker",
not "peace".
>From my notes:
{roj} make peace (vb.)
{roj} peace (n.)
{rojHom} truce, temporary peace (n.)
{ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla'}
The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer. TKD
{rojmab} peace treaty (n. Cf. {rom} & {mab}; vb. {qI'} "sign [a
treaty]");
{'orghen rojmab} The Organian Peace Treaty
{rojqoq} so-called peace (n.) ["Saying {rojqoq} 'so-called peace',
rather
than simply {roj} 'peace', indicates that the speaker does not really
believe that peace is legitimate or likely to endure." (TKD p.24)
{-qoq}
indicates the word is being used ironically or inappropriately:
{rojqoq}
'the so-called peace', which you believe is actually non-existent.
(PK)]
In light of the verb {roj}, it seems odd that {rojwI'} was unknown. No
doubt Worf meant that the need for such a person had never arisen before.
Of course, the Klngon view of peace may be somewhat different from that of
the Federation. Klingons may think that - pace {rojHom} - {roj} is merely
that indefinite and awkward period between wars, rather than permanent
"peace in our time" *{rojna'}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons