tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 01 07:32:55 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Qob (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, March 1, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: Qob
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be dangerous
Used in canon:
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'
Set fire on the side when there is danger. PK
(lit. "when the situation is dangerous")
Grammatical notes:
while it is acceptable to say {He Qob} ("dangerous route"), using {Qob}
("be dangerous") adjectivally, it is ungrammatical to say {He Qom} for
"perilous route"). (KGT 163)
>Homonyms:
> Qob (noun) - danger
Used in canon:
Qob!
Danger! CK
nIteb Qob qaD jup 'e' chaw'be' SuvwI'
A warrior does not let a friend face danger alone. TKW
Cultural notes:
Klingon scientist Kurak ... informed Dr. Crusher, "Insulting the honor
of a Klingon can be extremely dangerous".
(TKW 56; cf. TNG "Suspicions")
Klingons have always considered it truly invigorating to face danger.
As Commander Kruge said to Captain Kirk while the Genesis planet on which
they were stranded was quickly falling apart, "Exhilarating, isn't it?"
(TKW 73; cf. ST3)
Related verbs:
{Qom} "be hazardous, be perilous, be treacherous" (slang)
{tlhuH} "be exhilarated, be stimulated, be invigorated" (slang)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons