tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 12 10:51:13 2002
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RE: chuQun
'ISqu':
> > qech 1/ qech 2/ ghap 'oS mu' chuQun (nobility)?
> >
> > 1. hereditary class that has special social
> > or political status in a country
> >
> > 2. nobleness of mind, character, or spirit;
> > exalted moral excellence.
DloraH:
>nuq Hech MO? jISovchu'be' jIH.
Do'Ha' maSovbe'. not <<chuQun>> mu' lo'pu' Okrand.
Since Klingon has relatively few nouns for abstract concepts - outside of
{batlh}! <g> - I've always assumed Okrand intended meaning #1. Remember
that Kruge is called "Lord Kruge" and "my lord" several times in ST3, the
movie for which Okrand created the language. Perhaps he was thinking that
all the {joHpu'}, the heads of the great houses {tuq} and their wives,
constitute the {chuQun} who rank below the emperor.
Before TNG et al., our knowledge of Klingon society was extremely
limited. Now we know that there is a hereditary ruling class of warriors
who apparently inherit seats on the High Council {yejquv}. Okrand also
refers to higher- and lower-classes in the section on "Societal Variation"
in KGT (pp. 36ff.). {chuQun} is as good as any other word to describe
these people, although he never actually uses that word in KGT.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons