tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 29 13:51:33 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: lop (v)
: Klingon word: lop
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition: observe, celebrate (a ritual)
: Additional Notes: Also in KGT.
As used in canon:
vaj malopmeH tlhIHvaD nob SaSuqpu'.
So to celebrate, I've gotten you all a gift. (Hallmark)
yIlop! wa'leS chaq maHegh!
Celebrate! Tomorrow we may die! TKW
'oy'naQ Dalo'be'chugh not nenghep lop puq
If you don't use the painstik, the child will never celebrate his
Age of Ascension. TKW
Heghtay lulop latlh tlhInganpu'. Heghtay luloptaHvIS chaH chaq bey
SeQ lujach
other Klingons may perform a ceremonial howl or yell as part of the
Klingon death ritual. S31
nentay loptaHvIS tlhIngan potlh tlhIngan 'oy'naQ'e'
The Klingon Painstik is an important part of a Klingon's Age of
Ascension ceremony. S32
wa'leS maghob. ghIQ malop.
Tomorrow we will do battle. Then (after that) we'll celebrate. (HQ 8.3)
Related vocabulary includes the nouns {lop} "celebration", {lopno'} "party,
celebration" - apparently a special type of {lop}: the only example we've
seen is the one in KCD held to celebrate Pok's {nentay} and it's full of
references to family traditions and ancestry {no'} - and {yupma'} "festival".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons