tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 21 10:44:29 1999
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Re: Klingon WOTD: baq (v)
: Klingon word: baq
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition: terminate, discontinue
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: Additional Notes:
: KGT.
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: Canon:
: KGT p. 69
: baq
: Terminate it!
Which of course is the Clipped form of {yIbaq!}. This BTW is the
traditional request by the loser in a duel to be given the coup de grace.
Klingons normally duel to the death since, as we all know, {jeghbe'
tlhInganpu'} "Klingons do not surrender."
Related verbs:
mev "stop, cease"
yev "pause, take a break"
bup "quit"
paj "resign"
jegh "surrender"
"In Klingon, the word for 'surrender,' {jegh}, also can be translated as
'give up,' in the sense of abandoning a project." (TKW p. 89)
lon "abandon"
choS "desert"
Related idiom:
mevyap "Stop, [it is] enough! Cease!" (KGT p.113)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons