[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: boq ru'

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon Feb 6 06:56:39 PST 2023


Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 05, 2023

Klingon word: 	boq ru'
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	coalition
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(HQ 4.4:11 "Groups"):  Some additional information has come to light regarding words relating to groups or assemblies. Among those words already well-known for different types of groups are: {boq} alliance (also bloc or coalition, though coalition is sometimes {boq ru'}, literally "temporary alliance"); {DIvI'} federation or organization (also association, league, union); {ghom} group or party (also band, in the nonmusical sense) … (also {ghom'a'} crowd). Add to this list: {tlhach} faction or sect.

CULTURE NOTES:
(KGT 38):  Various fleets and squadrons are loyal to various houses, though, as might be expected, the details of these alliances are subject to change.

SEE:
boq  		ally with,  form an alliance with (v)
boqHa'  	dis-ally,  dissociate from (v)
boq'egh  	ally with oneself (v)
boqHa''egh  	dis-ally from oneself, dissociate from oneself (v)

boq  		alliance, bloc, coalition; boq  fusion (n)
  - taHjaj boq  ["Long live the alliance!" (untranslated)] (TKD )
  - boq lucherDI' tlhIngan wo' romuluS Hov wo' je So'wI' cham Suqpu' tlhIngan wo'. "Cloaking technology was gained through an alliance with the Romulan Star Empire..." (S33)
  - tera' DIS cha' pagh wa' wej meHghem Qat Sub boq cherlu'. "In 2013, Popular Culture Hero Coalition was established." (PCHC 2016)

boq Hol  	pidgin,  creole,  contact language (n)
boqwI'  		ally (n)
boqyIn  		symbiont (n)

ru'  		be temporary (v)
ru'Ha'  		be permanent (v)
mu'mey ru' 	temporary words (i.e. made-up words) KGT

--
Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey 
    or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.




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