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Re: Klingon WOTD: DevwI' (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, October 28, 2007.
>
>Category: People
>
>Klingon word:   DevwI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     leader

Used in canon:

   nIteb SuvnIS DevwI'
   A leader must stand alone ("A leader must fight alone"). TKW

   wa' Qu'vaD wa' DevwI' tu'lu'
   For one mission, there is one leader. TKW

   DevwI'na'
   true leader (a definitely unquestioned leader) PK

N.B. {yejquv DevwI'} "Leader of the High Council":

   yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD 
HoD.
   Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, 
who was
   acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25

   ngoch luchermeH 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH pa' ghom tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'
   where the leaders of the Klingon High Council meet to determine policy and
   decide upon the fate of the Empire. S25

In the KCD novelization, Gowron is addressed simply as {DevwI'} by his 
weapons officer ChaqI:

   "{DevwI'}," she said. "The Tagana is prepared. We await your orders." (p.77)

   "No, {DevwI'}!" ChaqI said. (p.101)

In the KLI's "Friend of Maltz Certificate", Director Lawrence Schoen is 
called {DevwI''a'}.

Related nouns:

{DorwI'} escort; {HI'} dictator; {Qang} chancellor




--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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