[tlhIngan Hol] noH

[Steven Boozer]

qunnoq :
> the verb {noH}, means "to judge" as in
>
> a. I judge (estimate) that my dog must have eaten seven cats?
> b. don't judge (condemn) others, so that no one will judge
>    (condemn) you too?
> c. I will judge (impartially examine) the accused in order to 
>    decide if he's guilty or not?
> d. all of the above?

De'vID:
>>> The definition given in TKD is "judge, estimate", so (a).

Lieven: 
>> The canon example confirms this, but I do not remember it. Something like
>> {vaghSaD qelI'qam vInoH} "Estimating about 5000 kellicam"

  chorghSaD qelI'qam HIvchuq'e' vInoH 
  Estimating attack range in 8,000 kellicams. ST5

AFAIK this is our only example of {noH}.

qunnoq :
> So, how do I say: "I will judge (impartially examine) the
> accused in order to decide if he's guilty or not"? Perhaps
> by the use of {nuD}? Or is {nuD} only to be used in reference
> to doctors? 

nuD  		examine (v)

  nItlhejbogh petaQmey tInuD 
  Look at these *p'takhs* at your side (PB)

AFAIK this is our only example.

>              Or maybe {poj} is better? Or is {poj} only to be
> used in reference to situations? 

poj  		analyze (v)

  pojbeH 
  (The device) is set up to analyze it. TKD

AFAIK this is our only example.

If you're talking about a military judge, there's the two-syllable verb {ghIpDIj} "court martial".  (AFAIK no examples are known.)

Some Klingon judges are called {loHwI'} "magistrate":

  loHwI' vISuch 'e' vIpoQ!
   I demand to see the magistrate! (ENT "Affliction")

FYI, Archer's trial for conspiring against the Klingon Empire and fomenting revolt was presided over by a magistrate. (ENT "Judgment")

The verb for what a magistrate does is {loH} "administer" - administer justice?  (No examples of the verb known.)

Another type of judge is the {'oDwI'} "arbitrator, arbiter" (specifically, {cho' 'oDwI'} "Arbiter of Succession"):

  yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh
   janluq pIqarD HoD. 
  Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-
   Luc Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession. (S25)

What an {oDwI'} does is arbitrate/mediate {'oD}.  (No examples of the verb known.)


SEE ALSO (in no particular order):

loy 			guess (v)
wuq 			decide (v)
chov 			assess, evaluate, test (v)
qIch 			condemn (v)	
buv 			classify (v)
DIS 			confess (v)
pum  			accuse (v)
naDHa' 		discommend (v)
DIv 			be guilty (v)
chun 			be innocent (v)

yoj 			judgment (n)
bo'DIj 		court [of law] (n)
ruv 			justice (n)
teblaw' 		jurisdiction (n)
pum  			accusation (n)
pIch 			blame, fault (n)



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