tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 02 10:03:02 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: jav (num)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, May 2, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: jav
>Part of Speech: number
>Definition: six
As used in canon:
He pagh-pagh-vagh-jav-pagh-jav yInab
Plot course 0.0.5.6.0.6. (MO's ST5 notes)
jav Hogh maH Qo'noSvo'
We am... Six weeks out of Kronos. (sic!) ST6
jav pu'HIchmey tIn
six big phasers CK
HovpoH Hut vagh cha' wa' vI' jav Dujvam 'aghlu'pu' 'ach Qaw'lu'pu'
[This ship was demonstrated on Stardate 9521.6 but it was destroyed.] S33
jav 'ujmey 'ab SuvwI'
the warrior has a length of six ujs (st.klingon)
["This might sound a little more natural as 'the warrior stands six ujs' or
'the warrior is six ujs tall.' (Or should it be 'ujes' in the translation?"
(st.klingon 10/97)]
loSmaH jav vI' Soch loS 'uj 'ab meH
Bridge Height: 16.28 M. {KBoP}
SaqtaHvIS toQDuj wa'vatlh loS vI' jav chorgh 'uj 'ab 'oH
Landing Formation Height: 36.46 M. (KBoP)
qughtaHvIS toQDuj HutmaH vI' jav wa' 'uj 'ab 'oH
Cruise Formation Height: 31.56 M. (KBoP)
muDDaq 'eDSeHcha lulaQlu'bogh: jav
Atmospheric Take-Off/Landing Thrusters - 6 (KBoP)
Also, {jav} is the sixth tone of nonatonic Klingon musical scale:
The independent words for the numbers three through nine were not
originally a part of the Klingon counting system, but they had to
come from somewhere. The musical scale is the likely source. The
word for the fourth musical tone, {loS}, began to be used for the
number four, and so on through the eighth tone, {chorgh}. (KGT 73)
and {jav} is also a slang word for "prisoner":
The origin of this slang usage of {jav} (literally, "six") is unknown.
The usual word for "prisoner" is {qama'}. (KGT 153)
This verb [luH] literally means {yank} and is used in such sentences
as {jav luHpu' 'avwI'} ("The guard has caused a prisoner to confess"
--literally, "The guard has yanked a six"). Standard words expressing
the same notions are {DISmoH} ("cause to confess") and {peghHa'moH}
("cause to not keep a secret"). (KGT 153)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons