tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 29 10:47:54 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: DevwI' (noun)
>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