tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 10 07:56:57 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: boq (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, August 10, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: boq
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: alliance
>
>Homonyms: boq (noun) - bloc, coalition
Not a homonym, just an extended definition. Cf. the HolQeD discussion below.
Used in canon:
taHjaj boq
["Long live the alliance! May the alliance continue!" (untranslated)]
(TKD 173)
boq lucherDI' tlhIngan wo' romuluS Hov wo' je So'wI' cham Suqpu'
tlhIngan wo'.
Cloaking technology was gained through an alliance with the Romulan Star
Empire... S33
>Additional Notes:
> From "Okrand's Notes," HolQeD 4:4 p. 11: Also "bloc" or "coalition,"
> though "coalition" is sometimes {boq ru'}, literally "temporary alliance".
Some additional information has come to light regarding words
relating to groups or assemblies. Among those words already
well-known for different types of groups are: {boq} "alliance"
(also "bloc" or "coalition", though "coalition" is sometimes
{boq ru'}, literally "temporary alliance"); {DIvI'} "federation"
or "organization" (also "association, league, union"); {ghom}
"group" or "party" (also "band", in the nonmusical sense); ...
(also {ghom'a'}) "crowd". Add to this list: {tlhach} "faction"
or "sect". [HolQeD 4.4:11 "Groups"]
Cultural notes:
Various fleets and squadrons are loyal to various houses, though,
as might be expected, the details of these alliances are subject
to change." (KGT 38)
The idiom {bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'} ("The sword is in the ocean")
is used to mean that something has ended, that it is impossible to
return to a prior condition, just as Kahless and Morath never spoke
to each other again. The expression might be used, for example, in
reference to a treaty that was just signed, suggesting that a former
state of antagonism has ended forever. Of course, simply saying that
something will last forever does not make it so. If an alliance ends,
the phrase is equally apt: the era of peace has ended, and the sword
is in the ocean--there is no going back. (KGT 121-22)]
>Homonyms:
> boq (verb) - ally with
{boq} ally with, form an alliance with
{boqHa'} dis-ally, dissociate from
{boqHa''egh} dis-ally from oneself, dissociate from oneself
{boq'egh} ally with oneself
These verbs are also used in math for addition, subtraction, division and
multiplication respectively.
Note the additional homonym {boq} "fusion (n)". E.g.
Hong boq chuyDaH: loS
Impulse Fusion Thrusters ? 4 (KBoP)
though one might argue that this is also a type of alliance or bloc: i.e.
not of people but of atomic particles. Hmm... I wonder if the four {boq}
verbs are also used in particle physics?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons