tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 26 13:14:51 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: chut (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, November 26, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: chut
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: law
Never used in canon.
The "Star Trek: Klingon!" novelization has this scene at Pok's {lopno'} (p.
23f.):
Then speaking to Pok, but looking directly into Vok's face, [K'Tar]
said, "Throw this {veQ} out."
Pok stood and moved toward Vok, reaching for the unwanted guest.
"{bIyem'a'!}" Vok said. Pok stopped short of grabbing Vok...
"The celebration," Vok said, "was declared a *lop'no*. You have
invited the spirits of all our Klingon ancestors. Tradition dictates
that all are welcome to the *lop 'no*. Even ancient rivals. Even me,
K'Tar."
"{Chut Quj}," K'Tar said.
"{Luq ratlh}," Pok said, almost spitting his words at Vok.
(Someone suggested that K'Tar might really have said {chut QIj}, "He
explained the law." The authors [editor's?] sometimes changed I's to u or
added extraneous u's in other places too, for example *Quapla'* instead of
{Qapla'}.)
TKW p. vii: Though some, perhaps many, of a society's virtues are
represented in its legal codes, a virtue [{ghob}] is not a law. A violation
of a virtue need not carry with it any legal sanction.
"You'll find there are many rules and regulations. They will be posted.
Violation of the smallest of them will be punished by death. [....] and a
rather lengthy list of crimes against the state." (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
Related legal nouns:
{HeS} crime; {bo'DIj} court [of law]; {meqba'} type of legal proceeding;
{ghIpDIj} court martial; {ruv} justice; {teblaw'} jurisdiction; {yoj} judgment
Related legal verbs:
{mub} be legal; {Hat} be illegal; {HeS} commit a crime; cf. {noH} judge,
estimate and {'oD} arbitrate, mediate.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons