>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, November 21, 2005.
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>Klingon word: 'avwI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: guard
mughoS 'avwI' 'ar
How many guards are coming? CK
tlhIngan 'avwI' lughom
They meet a Klingon guard. PK
jang 'avwI'
The guard answers. The guard replies. PK
'avwI'vaD jatlh qama'
A prisoner says to the guard... PK
jatlh 'avwI'
The guard says... PK
'avwI' nejDI' narghta'bogh qama' reH 'avwI' Sambej
When an escaped prisoner looks for a guard, he always finds one. TKW
pawpu' 'avwI' paghDIch
the zeroth guard has arrived
["implying that no guard has arrived even though one (and probably
more than one) is expected." (KGT 177)]
'avwI' vaghDIch
fifth guard KGT
'avwI' Hay' yaS
The officer duels the guard. KGT
jav luHpu' 'avwI'
The guard has caused a prisoner to confess.
(slang: "The guard has yanked a six") KGT
{'avwI'pu'} may be the Klingon version of police and border patrol - they
interrogate the Terran tourist at the spaceport and they patrol the streets
in PK. (Cp. Irish *garda* "guardian, police officer".)
A slang term for {'avwI} (and perhaps other bothersome officials) appears
to be {ghew} (lit. "bug, insect"). In ST6 Kesla tells Uhura, whom he
thinks is a smuggler, {ghewmey SuqQo'!} "Don't catch any bugs!" In the
novelization this is explained as smuggler's code for "Good luck in
avoiding border officials!" We also have this joke in PK:
Qo'noSDaq paw cha' DIvI' beq. tlhIngan 'avwI' lughom.
lutlhob <<naDevvo' vaS'a'Daq majaHlaH'a'?>>
jang 'avwI' <<lIchopbe'chugh ghewmey!>>
Two Federation crewmen arrive on Kronos. They meet a Klingon guard.
They ask him, "Can we get to the Great Hall from here?"
The guard answers, "If the bugs do not bite you!" (PK)
If this is a reference to getting picked up by the authorities, the phrase
{ghIlab ghewmey tIbuSQo'} "Pay no heed to glob flies" (i.e. "Don't pay
attention to insignificant things" [TKW]) may mean something different in
the Klingon underworld.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons