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Re: Klingon WOTD: raQpo' (n)

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: raQpo' (n)
• Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:24:45 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

: Klingon word:   raQpo'
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition:     passenger

Not attested in canon.

Related nouns include *{ghIQwI'} "tourist" and {lengwI'}, which usually means
"rover" (i.e. the grammatical term) but can also mean "traveller, wanderer" - I
use it to translate Star Trek: Voyager {Hov leng: lengwI'}.

Aside from general verbs of motion, some useful verbs include {leng} "roam,
travel, rove":

  'Iw bIQtIqDaq bIlengjaj!
  May you travel the river of blood! PK

{ghIQ} "vacation, take a vacation":

  Qo'noSDaq bIghIQ'a'?
  Are you vacationing on Kronos? CK

{lup} "transport" (i.e. by vehicle) and {lIgh} "ride":

  lupwI' DalIghnIS.
  You must ride the jitney. CK

As to derivation... Okrand gave us the verb {raQ} "manipulate by hand, handle"
in KGT.  Is this his wry comment on how he as a airline passenger feels when he
travels: i.e. like a piece of baggage?



-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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