tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 30 07:49:44 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: DavHam (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, January 30, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: DavHam
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: false honor
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 12:3, p. 8. "Maltz's Reward: Part II." {DavHam} is different from
>{quvHa'ghach} "dishonor" (noun) in that the latter does not imply seeming
>to be honorable or the appearance of honorability, but rather the lack of
>or loss of honor.
Related nouns:
{batlh} "(general) honor" and {quv} "(personal) honor (e.g. reputation)"
Related verbs:
{HoQ} "be honored falsely, be falsely honorable"; {Qaq} "behave falsely
honorably, behave in a falsely honorable manner"; {mIl} "be formerly
honored"; {quv} "be honored, be honorable"
The varieties of Klingon honor, dishonor and related topics are discussed
in HolQeD 12:3 in detail.
GARAK: "It's the honorable thing to do."
WORF: "You use that word, but you have no idea what it means."
GARAK: "Perhaps not, but you do."
-- (DS9 "In Purgatory's Shadow")
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons