> Klingon word: tay
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: ceremony, rite, ritual
Never used by itself in a sentence, but {tay} does appear in many compounds:
chontay ritual hunt (n)
Heghtay Death Ritual (n)
muvtay initiation (n)
nentay Rite of Ascension (n)
qutluch tay Kut'luch Ceremony (n)
ruStay R'uustai, bonding ritual (n)
tayqeq civilization (n)
Others on the List have suggested:
*Darghtay Tea Ceremony (?)
*majQa' tay Rite of MajQa (?)
*naltay mating ritual (?)
*ngaghtay mating ritual (?)
*tlhoghtay wedding, marriage ceremony (?)
Cultural notes:
KGT 11: While the conventional phrases used in some rituals are
uttered in modern Klingon (such as those used in the Rite of
Ascension, a ceremony symbolizing a young Klingon's attainment of a
certain spiritual level), those used in a great many others are in a
form of {no' Hol} (such as those associated with the {bIreqtal}
[brek'tal], the ceremony in which the killer of the leader of a
Klingon house marries the widow and thereby becomes the head of the
house himself). In these cases, the phrases must be studied and
memorized by the participants, then repeated back accurately.
Improvising or paraphrasing is entirely inappropriate. Depending on
when the phrases for the ritual originated, the words and
grammatical constructions may be somewhat like or very different
from those of modern Klingon.
KGT 133: Younger Klingons, while accepting their heritage and
observing the ancient rites, see some aspects of their elders'
behavior and beliefs as, if not obsolete, then just old-fashioned.
Apparently the idiom is {tay lop} "observe/celebrate a ritual":
Heghtay lulop latlh tlhInganpu'. Heghtay luloptaHvIS chaH chaq
bey SeQ lujach
other Klingons may perform a ceremonial howl or yell as part of
the Klingon death ritual. S31
nentay loptaHvIS tlhIngan potlh tlhIngan 'oy'naQ'e'
The Klingon Painstik is an important part of a Klingon's Age of
Ascension ceremony. S32
Related words:
lop celebration (n)
lop observe, celebrate (a ritual) (v)
SeQ be formal/ritualistic/ceremonial (v)
SeQHa' be informal (v)
tay be civilized (v)
taymoH civilize (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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