tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 27 12:28:56 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Haj (v)
: Klingon word: Haj
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition: dread
Never used in canon.
Related vocabulary includes {lIm} "panic" (also never used in canon), the verb
suffix {-vIp} "afraid (to)" and {ghIj} "scare" - which seems to be used more
broadly in Klingon than in English:
qo'mey Sar charghtaHvIS chaH Dat tlhIngan may'Duj luleghDI' neH
qIb nganpu' buQpu' may'Duj 'ej ghIjpu' 'oH. nIteb ghIjpu' je
Deghvam this symbol grew to become as feared throughout the galaxy
as the menacing profiles of their battlecruisers. SP1
ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj. [sic]
May your enemies run with fear. TKW
This is the traditional {no' Hol} acceptance upon being asked to serve as
someone's {cha'DIch}. (TNG "Sins of the Father"). The same thought in standard
{ta' Hol} is:
jaghmeylI' DaghIjjaj, qetjaj jaghmeylI'
May you scare your enemies, may your enemies run. TKW
vay' DaghIjlaHchugh bIHoSghaj
Fear is power. TKW
"The meaning of this saying, of course, is that one who has the ability to
instill fear can exert control over those who are afraid; there is more to
power than physical force." (TKW 109)
not qoHpu''e' neH ghIjlu'
Only fools have no fear. TKW
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons