[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pujwI'

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, July 29, 2024

Klingon word: pujwI'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: weakling
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pujwI' HIvlu'chugh quvbe'lu' 
There is no honor in attacking the weak. TKW

(KGT 152):  This word [{Hom}] literally means bone, but its slang usage is no doubt influenced by the noun suffix {-Hom}, a diminutive that adds a meaning of smallness or lack of importance... There are a number of standard counterparts to {Hom}, such as {pujwI'} (weakling), {langwI'} (one who is thin), and {runwI'} (one who is short).

TREK NOTES:
  When Seven of Nine was "possessed" by the personality of the Son of K'Vok when a Borg vinculum--the device which connects and processes the thousands of disparate minds on a Borg cube--was infected with a virus and malfunctioned, she says to B'Ellana, "You wear the uniform of a Starfleet {pu-cha}." (VOY "Infinite Regress" [actor's attempt at {pujwI'}??)

SEE:
puj  		be weak (v)
pujmoH  	weaken (v)
puj  		weakness (n) PB

SEE ALSO:
Hom  		weakling, runt, scrawny one, skinny one (slang) KGT

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons