tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 06 14:28:48 2006
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: Klingon WOTD: qI' (verb)
At 05:00 AM Friday 6/2/2006, you wrote:
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, June 2, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: qI'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: sign (a treaty)
Never used in canon.
Restricted to signing treaties only? If so, use {pong ghItlh} for signing
other documents. However...
Within the Klingon Empire, there are no written treaties
<...> This has caused conflicts from time to time in dealing
with the Federation, which prefers documentation. (TKW 80)
OTOH...
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. (KGT 121-22)
Related nouns:
{mab} treaty; {rom} accord
Possible pun: {QI'tomer} Khitomer (site of the famous Klingon-Federation
peace treaty)?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons