tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 16 09:36:22 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ta' (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, July 16, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: ta'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: accomplishment, deed
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT gives "deed."
As used in canon:
ta'mey Dun, bommey Dun
Great deeds, great songs. TKW
"Warriors have long celebrated great achievements and key events in song,
reinforcing the importance of the accomplishments and actually reliving
them while singing. Great deeds are 'deeds worthy of song,' as the Klingon
leader Gowron once put it, and part of the appeal of engaging in battle is
the prospect that, if the battle is a really good one, it will be fought
over and over again in song." (KGT 70-71)
Note the related homophonous verb {ta'} "accomplish, do" and the Type 7
aspectual suffix {-ta'} "accomplished, done".
N.B. Don't confuse with the homonym {ta'} "emperor".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons