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Re: Klingon WOTD: wa' (number)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, October 31, 2005.
>
>Klingon word:   wa'
>Part of Speech: number
>Definition:     one

Used in canon:

wa' yIHoH
Kill one (of them)! (TKD 54)

DuS wa'
torpedo tube number 1 TKD

wa' DuS
one torpedo tube TKD

qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD
4,000 throats may be cut in one night by a running man. TKD

wa' tlhIngan
one Klingon CK

wa' DeQ
One credit. CK

maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa'
If we're lucky, one will get angry. CK

wa' yIHoH.  jISaHbe'.
Kill one of them. I don't care which. ST3

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

wa' ghaH tera'ngan'e'
One is a Terran. (ST5 notes)

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

wa' tera'ngan je wa' romuluSngan
A Terran and a Romulan [sic]. ST5

Qo'noS wa'Daq baHta' ['entepray']
"Enterprise fired on Kronos One..." ST6

wa' jaj 'etlh 'uchchoHlaH tlhIngan puqloD; jajvetlh loD nen moj
The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can first hold a blade.

wa' Qu'vaD wa' DevwI' tu'lu'
For one mission, there is one leader. TKW

wa' DoS neH yIbuS
Focus on but one target. TKW

wa' SuvwI' muHlu'DI', tuHchoH Hoch SuvwI'pu'
The execution of but one warrior brings shame to all. TKW

wa' Dol nIvDaq matay'DI' maQap
We succeed together in a greater whole. TKW

wa' DoS wIqIp
We hit one target (idiom: We agree.) KGT

wa' joQ Hutlh ghaH
He/she lacks one rib. KGT

qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu'
devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most important Klingon
virtues. S13

ngongmeH wa' DujDaq nuHmey nISbe'bogh So'wI' jomlu'pu'
[A cloaking device which didn't disrupt weaponry was installed in one 
experimental ship. (untranslated)] S33

HovpoH Hut vagh cha' wa' vI' jav Dujvam 'aghlu'pu' 'ach Qaw'lu'pu'
[This ship was demonstrated on Stardate 9521.6 but it was destroyed. 
(untranslated)] S33

wey jolpat: wa' (jav ghotpu')
Personnel Transporter - 1 (6 Man) KBoP

qughtaHvIS toQDuj HutmaH vI' jav wa' 'uj 'ab 'oH
Cruise Formation Height: 31.56 M. KBoP

tera' poH jaj wa', jar wa', jaj loSDIch, DIS wa'-Hut-Hut-chorgh: 
HovpoHvetlh latlh nab yIHutlh
Save this Stardate: Sunday, January 4, 1998. (STX Communique)

"It is possible that, at some time in the past, the numerals were 
'borrowed' into the lexicon of music in order to sing the scale but, for 
some reason, the first three (presumably {wa'}, {cha'}, {wej} [one, two, 
three]) were either changed or never used." (KGT 72)



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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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