tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 10 08:04:14 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Daw' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, May 10, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: Daw'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: revolt, revolution
Never used in canon.
Related nouns:
{QuD} "ínsurrection"; {'urmang} "treason"
>Homonyms:
> Daw' (verb) - revolt
Never used in canon.
Related verbs:
{lotlh} "rebel"; {qIQ} "mutiny"; {magh} "betray, act against"; {bol}
"betray someone" (slang); {'ur} "commit treason"; {HeS} "commit a crime"
Cultural notes:
Someone unsatisfied with the status quo, a rebel, might be said to want
to {ngup qaD} ("challenge those in charge"; literally, "challenge the
cape"). (KGT 157)
Trek notes:
In 2267 Klingon agent Kras {QaS} supported the Maab's revolt against the
High Tier Akaar (leader of the "ten tribes of Capella") in hopes the new
leader would award the Klingon Empire the rights to mine the rare mineral
topaline {toplIn} on planet Capella IV. Kras in turn betrayed Maab and was
killed (with a native *kligat*) for his actions. (TOS "Friday's Child")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons