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Re: Klingon WOTD: toDuj (n)
: Klingon word: toDuj
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition: courage, bravery
:
: Additional Notes:
: TKD Addendum. See also {qajunpaQ}.
As used in canon:
vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI'.
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle.
[lit. "Sharpshooting of the cosmos' litter inconclusively
tests a warrior's courage."] ST5/TKW
Okrand commented on this line in KGT (p.50):
"Captain Klaa, who took it upon himself to take revenge
against the Federation's Captain James T. Kirk, remarked
that he needed a real challenge to test a warrior's mettle,
or {vaj toDuj} (literally, 'warrior courage'). He was not
referring to his own courage or that of any specific warrior
(which would have been, in all likelihood, {SuvwI' toDuj}),
but rather to the kind of courage embodied in being a warrior."
toDuj 'oS rol
A beard is a symbol of courage. TKW
SuvwI' qa' patlh veb chavlaHmeH tlhIngan lo'chu' chaH. toDujDaj
toblu'
[They] use the devices [painstiks] to inflict pain in a manner
which will allow the Klingon to attain a higher state of
spirituality as a warrior, proving his mettle. (SkyBox S32)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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