tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 06 07:25:46 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yej'an (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, July 6, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: yej'an
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: society (e.g., scholarly society)
>
>Additional Notes:
> From "Okrand's Notes," HolQeD 4:4 p. 11. "An organization dedicated to
> scholastic pursuits or research is a {yejHaD} 'institute' or
> 'instutition' or a {yej'an} 'society.' The distinction between {yejHaD}
> and {yej'an} is not clear, though the former is usually -- but not always
> -- used for larger organizations. It is not known whether the first
> syllable of these words ({yej}) is {yej} 'council, assembly,' but there
> could be some historic connection. Note that {nugh} 'society' has a much
> broader meaning: a group of people with a shared culture. Accordingly,
> {tlhIngan nugh} would mean "Klingon society" as distinguished from, say,
> Romulan society, but {tlhIngan yej'an} would probably be 'the Klingon
> Society,' a group dedicated to the study of Klingons."
Never used in canon.
Related nouns:
{DIvI'} "federation, organization, association, league, union": {boq}
"alliance, bloc, coalition"; {tum} "agency".
Cf. also {tayqeq} "civilization " and {tIgh} "custom".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons