tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 18 13:48:47 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: qon (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, January 15, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: qon
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: record, compose
>Source: TKD (102 KE, 149 EK, KGT 224 KE, KGT 238 EK)
>Swedish: nedteckna, spela in (all slags inspelning och skrift)
>
>Additional Notes:
>Also in "Okrand's Notes" in HolQeD 2:4 p. 17. "Actually, this is the word
>translated in TKD as the verb "record," meaning to make a record of
>something (whether this record be written or a digital recording or an
>old-fashioned wax cylinder or anything). Apparently Klingon songs are not
>composed by anybody -- they're just out there, waiting to be hunted down,
>trapped, and logged (that is, written down and/or taught to others)."
>
>KGT adds the meaning of "compose."
>
>KGT p. 71. The word used for "compose" is {qon}. This verb also means
>"record" and is used whether the recording is by hand (that is, written or
>even etched in stone), in a medium suitable for a computer, or any other
>form. From the Klingon point of the, a song is not the product of an
>individual's mind. It has somehow always existed and is waiting for
>someone (the songwriter or, more accurately, song recorder ({qonwI'}) to
>transcribe it and then present it ({much}) to others. There are a number
>of very well known songwriters, and it is quite an honor if one of them
>composes a song about one's exploits. Currently, perhaps the most
>respected {qonwI'} is Keedera.
As used in canon:
qun qon charghwI'pu''e'
History is written by the victors. TKW
Cf. also the verbs {gher} "formulate, compile, pull together" and {ghItlh}
"write (i.e. the physical activity of writing).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons