tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 07 07:28:07 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: QaQ (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, October 7, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: QaQ
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be good
As used in canon:
jIQaQ
I am good. STC:KLS
nuqDaq 'oH Qe' QaQ'e'
Where is a good restaurant? TKD
bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'
Revenge is a dish best served cold. TKD
not Soj QaQ Qaw' tlhInganpu'
Klingons never destroy good food. CK
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam
It is a good day to die. TKW
Heghlu'DI' mobbe'lu'chugh QaQqu' Hegh wanI'
Death is an experience best shared. TKW
HoD QaQbe' ghaH; reH to'waQ yIv
He/she is not a good captain; he/she always "chews ligament". KGT
qeS QaQ.
[untranslated comment on st.klingon]
>Synonyms: chong
slang: "be good, be excellent; be profound, be thorough, be careful". E.g.:
chong!
Brilliant! (Spice Williams; extra "making of" feature on ST5 DVD)
A similar slang expression is {qu'} "be great, be wonderful, be excellent,
be superlative, be splendid" (literally, "be fierce" - cf. KGT 155).
Don't confuse {QaQ} with the non-slang exclamation {maj} "Good!"
Related words: {qaq} "be better", {Dub} "improve" and {pov} "be excellent".
>Antonyms: qab
Slang equivalents for {qab} include {SaS} and {natlh}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons