[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qop

[André Müller]

I usually used {Hung yaS} 'security officer' to refer to the police, but
maybe {qopwI'} 'arrester' is an idea, too.

- André

2016-10-31 19:31 GMT+01:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>:

> 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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