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Re: Klingon WOTD: wam (verb)
Klingon word: wam
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hunt
Source: TKD (113 KE, 137 EK)
Swedish: jaga
Additional Notes:
KGT p. 89. Animals to be eaten are generally acquired by means of a hunt
({chon}; the verb "hunt" is {wam}). On the other hand, Klingons generally
{Sep} ("breed") small animals such as {gharghmey} ("worms").
As used in canon:
veng chanDaq jIwam
I hunt east of the city. (st.k 11/99)
chan vengDaq jIwam
I hunt in the city in the east. (st.k 11/99)
'evmajDaq jIwampu'
I have hunted northwest of here. (st.k 11/99)
wam chaH. ghIq Soj luvut.
They hunt. Then (after that) they prepare food. (HQ 8.3)
wam chaH 'ej ghIq Soj luvut.
They hunt and then they prepare food. (HQ 8.3)
Note the derived noun wamwI' hunter:
QotDI' gheD tlhejbe' wamwI'
The hunter does not lie down with the prey. TKW
vagh SanID ben buDbe' wamwI'pu'. ngugh Ho'Du'chaj lo' chaH,
'ach DaH tajmey lo'.
5,000 years ago, hunters were not lazy. Then (at that time)
they used their teeth, but now they use knives. (st.k 11/99)
Hunters and hunting in KGT:
Being hunters by nature and primarily carnivorous, Klingons
have an extensive vocabulary for different parts of an animal,
and the terminology is widespread. (KGT 27)
A song sung while going to, or returning from, a hunt is a
{chon bom}, or "hunt song." (KGT 77)
In some restaurants, the menu (HIDjolev) is posted (seldom are
individual copies available), but in most, the patrons know the
regular fare and ask about specials, including the {DaHjaj gheD}
(literally, today's prey), a dish whose components depend on
what animals the restaurant's hunters were able to bring in.
(KGT 100f.)
... if [the meat] is fresh, the "cook" may {pID} it, which
involves coating it with herbed granulated cartilage (not
necessarily from the same animal) mixed with some kind of
{tIr} (grain) and doing very little else. ... Meat prepared
in this way is sometimes described as {wamwI' Ha'DIbaH}
("hunter's meat"), but the specific animal name is usually
used instead of the word {Ha'DIbaH} ("meat"); for example,
{wamwI' mIl'oD} ("hunter's sabre bear"). (KGT 89f)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons