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Re: Klingon WOTD: vub (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: vub (n)
• Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:50:03 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, January 17, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   vub
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     hostage

As used in canon:

   vubpu' jonta' HeSwI'
   A criminal has succeeded in taking hostages. (ST5 notes)

   wa' vub ghaH tlhIngan gharwI''e'.
   One hostage is a Klingon diplomat. (ST5 notes)

   tlhIngan ghaH wa' vub'e'.
   One of the hostages is a Klingon. ST5

   vubpu' jon nuchpu'. jonbe' tlhInganpu'.
   Cowards take hostages. Klingons do not. TKW

Cf. also {qama'} "prisoner".

Related vocabulary includes the noun {voHDajbo'} "ransom" and the verb 
{quch} "kidnap".



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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