tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 19 07:43:39 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vup
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 19, 2012
>
> Klingon word: vup
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: pity
Used in a sentence:
Hoch jaghpu'Daj HoHbogh SuvwI' yIvup
"Pity the warrior who slays all his foes."
N.B. this is a famous line from the epic Klingon poem {lu qeng} "The Fall of Kang" by G'trok (KGT 107), which is required reading at Starfleet Academy (DS9 "Second Sight").
Trek trivia:
"Ah, sentimentality, mercy - the emotions of peace. Your weakness, Captain Kirk." (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
"Why should a slave show mercy to the enslavers?" (Lokai, TOS "Let that Be Your Last Battlefield")
Related words:
QoS be sorry (v)
pay regret (v)
may be fair (v)
tlhIj apologize (v)
pung mercy (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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