tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 18 07:54:30 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: nalqaD (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, January 18, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: nalqaD
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: mate challenge
>Source: KGT (220 KE, 249 EK)
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 5:1 p. 20, from the KCD.
Never used in canon.
Cultural notes:
Though any perceived attack on one's honor may prompt one
to issue a challenge, in one traditional form of duel, the
goal is specifically for a man to "win the favor of a women"
({vuv be' 'e' baj} [literally, "earn that a woman respect
him"]) by competing with another man. (KGT 69)
Cf. also "Duels and Challenges" in KGT (pp. 67ff.)
Related verbs are {Hay'} "duel" and {Hay'chu'} "duel to the death".
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons