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Re: Klingon WOTD: tuj (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) 

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, October 16, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   tuj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     be hot

Used in canon:

   reH latlh qabDaq qul tuj law' Hoch tuj puS
   The fire is always hotter on someone else's face. PK

   bIrchugh qIvon tuj 'Iw
   If the qIvon is cold, the blood is hot. TKW

["It probably means something like 'Even though some parts of the body may 
be cold, a Klingon's blood is hot'--that is, he is ready for battle." (TKW 174)

   tujpa' qul pub SuvwI' 'Iw
   A warrior's blood boils before the fire is hot. TKW

["This proverb suggests that it is better to take the initiative than to 
simply react to situations. Blood, the controller, does not need an 
external influence in order to heat up; one need not draw strength from the 
outside." (TKW 32)

Related verbs:

{tujchoH}  ["heat up, get hot"]

   chorgh tujchoHpu' bIQ
   When will the water be hot? TKD

{tujmoH} "heat [something]"

   yItuj'eghmoH
   Heat yourself! ("Cause yourself to be hot!") KGT

"Generally, when a verb describing a state of being (for example, {tuj} 
['be hot']) is used in the imperative form, the suffixes {-'egh} (reflexive 
suffix) and {-moH} (cause) are used as well:  {yItuj'eghmoH} ('Heat 
yourself!'-­that is, 'Cause yourself to be hot!')..." (KGT 117)

{tujqu'choH} "overheat"

   tujqu'choH QuQ
   The engine is overheating. TKD

{ghun} "be warm"

   ghun 'Iw HIq, rap boqrat chej
   the bokrat liver is as warm as the bloodwine (HQ 13.1:8)

"{'Iw HIq} (bloodwine) is served warm to hot (best is {porgh Hat}--'body 
temperature', though it is not clear whose body)" (KGT 95)

>Homonyms:
>     tuj (noun) - heat

"If heat is used as part of food preparation, the cook is most likely to 
{mIQ} ('deep-fry') the food." (KGT 93)

Cf. {tuj muvwI'} "thermo-suture" (medical device?) and {tuj ghImwI'} "heat 
exhaust":

   peng baHjan tuj ghImwI'
   heat exhaust for torpedo launcher (KBoP)

Related nouns:

{qul} "fire";  {Hat} "temperature"



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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