tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 08 07:08:47 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tob
> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, April 08, 2013
>
> Klingon word: tob
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: prove
logh veQDaq bachchugh, yoH 'e' toblaHbe' SuvwI'
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle. (ST5 notes)
SuvwI' qa' patlh veb chavlaHmeH tlhIngan lo'chu' chaH. toDujDaj toblu'
[They] use the devices [i.e. painstiks] to inflict pain in a manner which will allow the Klingon to attain a higher state of spirituality as a warrior, proving his mettle. (S32)
KGT 69: "One accepts a challenge ({qab 'ang} [literally, "shows face"]) in order to prove one's honor ({quv tob} [literally, "test honor conclusively"])" in a duel.
"You look for the battles in the wrong place. The true test of a warrior is not without - it is within." (Worf to Korris, TNG "Heart of Glory")
Cf. the KLI's *{tlhIngan Hol tobmeH jInmol} Klingon Language Certification Program (KLCP).
Similar words:
chov assess, evaluate, test (v)
waH try out, test, use experimentally (v)
'ol verify (v)
Daj test inconclusively (v)
- vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI'
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle. ST5/TKW
("Sharpshooting of the cosmos' litter inconclusively tests a warrior's courage."
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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