tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 30 07:45:14 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: qumwI' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, April 30, 2007.
>
>Category: People
>
>Klingon word: qumwI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: governor
Never used in canon.
The nomen agentis of {qum} "govern".
Related nouns:
{pIn} "boss; {pIn'a'} "master"; {HI'} "dictator"; {vu'wI'} "manager";
{loHwI'} "magistrate" (lit. "administrator"); *{che'wI'} "ruler"; {Qang}
"chancellor" & {yejquv DevwI'} "Leader of the High Council"
[I wonder: Would Klingons refer to any elected leader - such as the
Federation President - as a {Qang} or the more general {DevwI'} "leader" or
*{che'wI'} "ruler"?]
Cf. also {qum} "government"; {loH} "administration"; {HI'tuy}
"dictatorship"; {woQ} "authority, political power"; {cho'} "succession"
Related verbs:
{qum} "govern"; {che'} "rule"; {ghatlh} "dominate"; {vu'} "manage"; {loH}
"administer"
Cf. also {gheS} "assume duties of, take on responsibilities"; {Son}
"relieve"; {Sugh} install (in office), cho' "succeed (to authority)"; lu
"fall from power"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons