tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 24 09:07:59 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: vIq (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, December 24, 2002.
>
>Klingon word: vIq
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: combat
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 47. Any specific "battle" is {may'}, but the concept of battle is
>{vIq}, often translated as "battle."
The quote from KGT (p.47) in more detail:
In parallel fashion, any specific "battle" is {may'}, but the concept of
battle
is {vIq}, often translated as {combat}... In short, the nouns {veS} ("war,
warfare") and {vIq} ("combat") and the verb {Qoj} ("wage war") all are
used to
refer to the ideas of warfare, combat, and making war, while the nouns
{noH}
("war") and {may'} ("battle") and the verbs {ghob} ("make war, do
battle") and
{Suv} ("fight") are used when referring to specific, concrete instances
of war,
battle, and fighting. Thus it is possible to say ... {may' ghob} or
{may' Suv},
meaning "He/she fights a battle", but it is not normally acceptable to
say ...
{vIq Suv} ("He/she fights a combat").
Cf. also the nouns {yol} "conflict" and {Seng} "trouble".
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading
Klingon--that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery Scott to
Kirk, STIV)