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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, November 17, 2024

Klingon word: qa'
Part of speech: verb
Definition: replace
Source: Klingon Monopoly
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Quj wa'DIch MONOPOLY Huch nav qa' tlhIngan QaS 
Klingon forces replace original MONOPOLY bills.  (MKE)

Chance 'echletHommey Community Chest 'echletHommey je
  qa' quv 'echletHommey vIq 'echletHommey je 
COMBAT and HONOR cards replace Chance and Community
  Chest cards.  (MKE)

Quj wa'DIch juH qachmey mebpa'mey je qa' raQmey chu' 
  monmey chu' je 
Custom OUTPOSTS and CAPITALS replace original Houses
 and Hotels.  (MKE)

(qep'a' 2018):  
["Instead of"] is expressed idiomatically using the phrase {'e' qa'} "it replaces"....  Examples: 
   'awje' vItlhutlh; HIq vItlhutlh 'e' qa' 
      I drink root beer instead of liquor
      (literally: "I drink root beer; it replaces that I drink liquor"). 
   jIQam; jIba' 'e' qa' 
      I stand rather than sit or I'll stand instead of sitting
      (literally: "I stand; it replaces that I sit"). 
In everyday speech, shortcuts are often taken: 
   'awje' vItlhutlh; HIq ('e') qa' 
      I drink root beer instead of liquor
      (literally: "I drink root beer; it replaces liquor"). 
Or in response to the question {HIq Datlhutlh DaneH'a'?}, one might say simply {'awje'; HIq ('e') qa'} "rootbeer instead of liquor" (literally: "root beer; it replaces liquor").  In the last two examples, the use of {'e'} is optional.  It's grammatically not needed, but because of the common use of the {'e' qa'} construction, it's sometimes heard anyway.

jIQam; jIba' 'e' qa' 
I stand rather than sit. 
I'll stand instead of sitting. (qep'a' 2018)

SEE ALSO:
tam 		substitute, exchange (v)
choH 		alter, change (v)
gheS 		assume duties of, take on responsibilities (v)
mech 		trade (v)

lIw 		substitute, stand-in, temporary surrogate (n)
qa'meH 	replacement [permanent] (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons