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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HoS
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 04, 2013
>
> Klingon word: HoS
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: strength, energy, power
HoSHey
apparent (though not yet proven) strength. PK
HoS lI' Dalo'Ha'chu'
You are a total waste of good energy! PK
HoS law'qu' luch law'qu' je lo' Duj nuH pat Hub pat je
A huge amount of the ship's power and technology is devoted to its weapons grid and defensive systems. SP3
nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh 'oH tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to an extended power supply stock. S14
tIqDaq HoSna' tu'lu'
Real power is in the heart. TKW
Suvlu'taHvIS yapbe' HoS neH
Brute strength is not the most important asset in a fight. TKW
pung ghap HoS
Mercy or power. [sic] TKW
HoS law'qu' natlhmo' So'wI'
Due to the tremendous energy drain of a cloaking device... S33
pIraqSIS HoS waw'
Praxis Energy Facility (MKE)
qIb boche'meH qeylIS HoS bolo' 'ej SuvwI' vaSDaq boquvmoHlu'.
Control the Galaxy with the might of Kahless and be immortalized in the Hall of Warriors. MKE
ghIq HoSHa'choHpu' moratlh
And Morath's strength was gone (PB)
Language notes:
"I don't think it's necessarily the case that, for example, the verb HoS be strong is being used as a noun (meaning strength). By the same token, I don't think it's the case that the noun HoS strength is being used as a verb (meaning be strong). This may be what happened historically (that is, in an older stage of the Klingon language, there may have been a verb HoS which people started using as a noun, or there may have been a noun HoS which people started using as a verb), but, right now, all we can say is that there is a pair of words. We don't know which developed from which (or if either or both developed form something else)." (st.k 6/97)
Cultural notes:
TKW 34: Just as "blood" is used figuratively to refer to power, "water" carries the opposite and negative connotation of lack of control. Strength cannot coexist with weakness within an individual or a successful society.
TKW 120: the hammer [{mupwI'}] is a symbol of power to Klingons
KGT 129: for a Klingon, a hammer is a symbol of power. The phrase {HoSghaj; mupwI' rur} ("powerful as a hammer") is based on this notion.
"Strength to the Empire!" was a salute heard during Archer's trial in 2152. (ENT "Judgment")
The B'aht Qul challenge - *{baHatghul}? - is a Klingon physical strength game similar to Terran arm wrestling (TNG "The Chase")
Trek notes:
"Secure in his power as military governor of Organia, Kor gloats over his captive." (TKW 118 ill.)
Related words:
HoS be strong (v)
HoSghaj be powerful, be potent (v)
laQ fire/energize [e.g. thrusters] (v)
tlhuD emit [energy, radiation] (v)
'ul electricity (n)
woQ authority, political power (n)
woQ'a' ultimate power (n)
Hong impulse power (n)
Noun phrases:
HoS choHwI' transtator
HoS Hal power supply
HoS lIngwI' power generator
HoS QaymeH 'och power transfer conduit
HoS waw' energy facility
HoSchem energy field
HoSDo' energy beings
HoSHal energy source
nuH HoS 'och weapon(s) power conduit
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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