Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'uQ'a'

[Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, June 19, 2015
> 
> Klingon word: 'uQ'a'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: banquet, feast

KGT 100:  Unless one is dining alone, a meal is typically quite noisy, with a great deal of talking (and often singing) accompanying the clattering of plates and bowls. This is particularly true of a {'uQ'a'} (banquet, feast; literally, "great dinner" or "big dinner", but used regardless of the time of day of the banquet).

KGT 77:  At any social gathering, in addition to eating and drinking, there is no question that there will also be singing.

st.k (11/05/99):  The idiom might be used when talking about a feast that had taken place a few nights ago. If a guest arrived late - after the eating had already begun - one might say something like:  {tagha' pawpu' meb 'ach pumDI' Heghpu' qagh} or: {tagha' pawpu' meb 'ach pumDI' 'etlh Heghpu' qagh} "The guest finally arrived, but by then the gagh had died"." 

SEE ALSO:
'uQ  			dinner (n)
yupma' 		festival (n)
lop 			celebration (n)
lopno' 		party, celebration (n)
qoS 			birthday (n)


There's a verse mentioning {'uQ'a'} from the paq'batlh (can anyone verify the text and supply the translation?):

	'uQ'a' luSop neghwI' 'e' vIchaw' [sic?]
	   chaHvaD 'Iw HIq vInob
  	   vaj tlhutlhtaH 'e' luSIQlaHbe'
	ghIq po veb
	   may' ngajHa'moH
	   SuvwI'wI' ghobrupchu'be'ghach

This is from {paq'raD}, Canto 15: {vaq molor}.  (Context:  Molor is telling Kahless that his forces are so pathetic, he's going to inebriate his own just to make sure the battle doesn't end too quickly.)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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