[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qop

[mayqel qunenoS]

Numerous times I wondered how to say "police" in klingon. The best
solution I could think of was {qopmeH 'obe'}.

qunnoH

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:25 PM, Ed Bailey
<bellerophon.modeler at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> > Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, October 31, 2016
>> >
>> > Klingon word: qop
>> > Part of speech: verb
>> > Definition: arrest
>>
>> AFAIK never used in a sentence.
>
>
> And I see no evidence in Star Trek that Klingons have any kind of permanent
> police force, though suspects are taken into custody and courts are convened
> to try them.
>
> So perhaps {qop} is used in the more general sense of the word "arrest,"
> causing motion or some other process to be halted. One might then say
> ?{HachchoHghach qoplu'bogh} for arrested development.
>
> ~mIp'av
>
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