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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tob

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> 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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