[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: quvmoH

[mayqel qunenoS]

> ghaH rI' 'ej quvmoH qanra' qamchIy qup'a'
> He is welcomed by Kahnrah, Patriarch of Qam-Chee.

this sentence is a wonderful example, of how to place an
explanatory/specifying addition to a noun ; although I wonder, whether
without punctuation or the english translation, this couldn't be the
cause of some confusion as far as the relation between the nouns is
concerned.

> tlheDDI' quvmoHmeH veng HeHDaq lutlha' SaD law' nuvpu'
> Thousands followed him to the edge of the city, to bid him farewell. PB

this proves that we can actually say {SaD law'}, and opens the doors
for placing similar verbs, on various number forming elements.

> (st.k 11/1997):  Maltz reports having heard both {quv'eghmoH} "he/she honors
> him/herself", which follows the expected order (verb-Type 1-Type 4) ... as well as
> the weird {quvmoH'egh} "he/she honors him/herself"..

I remember some time ago, we had discusssed the issue, of being given
a verb with an X type suffix, needing to place a previous-X suffix,
and wondering as far as the "where that suffix is to be placed" is
concerned. finally this excerpt addresses that matter.

mop Hurgh

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, June 18, 2016
>>
>> Klingon word: quvmoH
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: honor
>
> qep'a' wejDIchDaq jatlhtaH tlhIngan Hol HaDwI'pu'.
>   ghoHtaH je. tIv'eghtaH je. vaj SuquvmoH.
> (untranslated, MO to SuStel [st.k 11/1996])
>
> SoSwI' vavwI' je quvmoHjaj paqvam
> [Okrand's dedication to KGT]
>
> Hochlogh no' yIquvmoH
> All times honor your ancestors (sic) KGT
>
> reH no' yIquvmoH
> Always honor your ancestors. KGT
>
> tlhIngan Hol Danummo' pIquvmoH
> Because you promote the Klingon language, we honor you. FMC
>
> tlhIngan Hol DaHaD - vaj choquvmoH. Qapla'!
> [Marc Okrand's inscription in DloraH's TKD]
>
> puqloDwI' le'qu', Hoch jaj choquvmoH
> My dearest son, each day you redeem me. (Frasier)
>
> qeylIS wIquvmoHtaHvIS chetlhej wIneH.
> We hope you can join us while we honor Kahless. ('U'-MTK)
>
> 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
>
> tlhIHvaD paq chu' wImuch 'e' bochaw'mo' chequvmoH 'ej chebelmoH.
>  lut'a'raj Dun laDlaHmeH tera'ngan, tera'Daq tlhIngan lut'a'
>  paq wa'DIch wIchenmoHta', lut'a' 'oH paq'batlh'e'.
> It is a great honor and pleasure that you have allowed us to
>  present you with the first Terran edition of your glorious epic,
>  the paq'batlh.
>  (Vincent Van Gerven Oei's speech at qepHom wa'maHDIch)
>
> ghaH rI' 'ej quvmoH qanra' qamchIy qup'a'
> He is welcomed by Kahnrah, Patriarch of Qam-Chee. PB
>
> tlheDDI' quvmoHmeH veng HeHDaq lutlha' SaD law' nuvpu'
> Thousands followed him to the edge of the city, to bid him farewell. PB
>
>
> (st.k 11/1997):  Maltz reports having heard both {quv'eghmoH} "he/she honors him/herself", which follows the expected order (verb-Type 1-Type 4) ... as well as the weird {quvmoH'egh} "he/she honors him/herself", in which the Type 1 suffix {-'egh} "oneself" follows the Type 4 suffix {-moH} "cause", an impossible formation unless the speaker is considering the verb to be {quvmoH} "honor" and not {quv} "be honored". Speakers who do this seem to be aware that they are breaking the rules, so they are doing it for rhetorical effect. (It has the same sort of feeling, perhaps, as if someone were to say in English "Don't cellular phone me this afternoon" or "I've been postnasal dripping all morning" or "It's lightninging and thundering outside" or, to follow the Klingon example, "He/she self-honors.") If this sort of thing happens a lot, maybe, in time, the language will undergo some sort of reformation; maybe {-moH} will become a Rover. Or {quvmoH} and similar forms will become simpl
>  e (though two-syllable) verbs.
>
>
> SEE ALSO:
> tuHmoH  shame  (v)
> Ho'             admire (v)
> naD             command, praise (v)
> vuv             respect (v)
> yI'             speak in an honorable or respectful fashion (v)
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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