[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qum

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023

Klingon word: 	qum
Part of speech: 	verb
Definition: 	govern
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AFAIK never used in a sentence.  Does the verb appear in the paq'batlh?

(KGT 111):  To determine one's place in Klingon society or to understand who has authority over whom, one must be aware of the {qutluch patlh} of the military, the government, the house with which one is associated, and so on.
 
(KGT 157):  Literally meaning cape, this slang term is an example of metonymy, whereby one word (or phrase) stands for another with which it is associated. In this case, the leader of the Klingon High Council typically wears a ceremonial cape. The slang sense of {ngup} does not refer only to this position on the High Council, however, but to anyone in power or even to "the power structure." Someone unsatisfied with the status quo, a rebel, might be said to want to {ngup qaD} (challenge those in charge; literally, "challenge the cape"). Nonslang equivalents of {ngup} are {woQ} (authority, political power) and {qum} (government).

(KGT 183):  the Order of the Bat'leth (betleH 'obe'), the highest honor that the government bestows on a Klingon

(KGT 51):  The entirety of a government's military apparatus is its {QI'}, usually translated simply as "military".

SEE:
qum  		government (n)

pa' 'oHtaH vaS'a''e'. tlhIngan qum waw' 'oH. 
This is where the Klingon Great Hall is located, the center of the Klingon government. (S27)

qum DuSaQmeyDaq 'Irghbe'meH ghotpu' nabmey ghojmoH... 
In public schools, it teaches procedures so that people don't bully... (PCHC) 

SEE ALSO:

vu' 		manage (v)
loH 		administer (v)
che' 		rule (v)
ghatlh 		dominate (v)

Sugh 		install [in office] (v)
cho' 		succeed [to authority] (v)
gheS 		assume duties of, take on responsibilities (v)
lu 		fall from power (v)

woQ 		authority, political power (n)
loH 		administration (n)
tum 		agency (n)
HI'tuy 		dictatorship (n)
wo'		empire (n)
ngup'a'  	the Dominion (GN)

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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.