tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 24 07:15:11 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] meQboghnom
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks for the citation.
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Speaking of banners, Okrand wrote to </span><span style="font-family:Courier">Lieven (1/09/2012):</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> {<b>tlhIm}</b> is commonly used for a fabric wall hanging<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> (that might, for example, have a picture of the Klingon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> emblem on it). If a piece of cloth is displayed at the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> end of a pole, it is considered a {<b>joqwI'}</b> ("flag"); a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> {<b>tlhIm}</b> covers some sort of surface.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Vertical ceremonial banners were seen at the <i>Kot'baval</i> festival held at the Maranga IV outpost. (TNG "Firstborn") A picture of the ceremonial banner (or maybe it was a wall hanging) was seen in DS9:
</span><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/AdmiralMudd/KCI/Banners/KlingonCeremonialBannersm.jpg";>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/AdmiralMudd/KCI/Banners/KlingonCeremonialBannersm.jpg</a><span style="font-family:Courier"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">BTW note the {ghach}-noun -- {</span>yeqchuqchu'taHghach} “unity” – probably the longest one Okrand has coined. Are there any other new ones in the paq’batlh?
(Whenever you get the chance; I’m assuming that you have a searchable copy available.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> qurgh lungqIj [mailto:[email protected]]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:43 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It appears in the paq'batlh on page 139:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">nIteb chegh molor ngIq ghoqwI'<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> joqwI''e' cha'bogh qeylIS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> luDel 'e' ra' molor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">lujang meQboghnom 'oH<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> yeqchuqchu'taHghach<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Daw' je joqwI'<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One by one Molor's scouts return, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> He asks them which banner<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Kahless marches under<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They reply it is the meQboghnom*<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The banner of unity<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> and revolution<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* Kahless's meQboghnom, a name comprised from the roots "burn" (meQ), "to be born" (bogh) and "fast" (nom) expresses his revolutionary intentions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">De'vID:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">> Quvar (Lieven) today pointed me at the word {meQboghnom}, which appears<br>
> in the {paq'batlh}. It is said to be the name of Kahless'<br>
> banner of unity and revolution, under which his armies marched.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hmm... "burning + fast/quickly"?? Could this refer to the line from the Anthem:<br>
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Our lives burn short and bright<br>
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which Okrand translated as:<br>
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nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'.<br>
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For those with the {paq'batlh}, what's the context?<o:p></o:p></p>
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