[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qoS

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: qoS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: birthday
Source: TKD
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tugh Dor qoSlIj. nom yIlop! 
(MO's FaceBook text to Lieven, 3/29/2012)

wejHu' qoSlIj Dalopta', qar'a'?  vaj DaHjaj qamer. qoslIj yItIvqa'! [sic] 
(MO's FaceBook text to Andre, 2/11/2014) 

ngajmo' jajvam, nom bIlopnIS. qoSlIj yItIv! 
(MO to Lieven regarding Daylight Savings Time, 3/29/2015)

   "Maltz said there is a way (actually, several ways) to refer to an anniversary, which he characterized as a specific day on which one recognizes or remembers an event that occurred a set amount of time ago on that same date. The 'set amount of time' could be a year (what most people think of when they think of anniversary), but it could be another unit of time: a month or a week.
	DISjaj:     anniversary measured in years (the two-week anniversary of the 
                                 day someone quit smoking, perhaps)
    	jarjaj:      anniversary measured in months (the three-month anniversary of 
                                 starting a new job, say)
	Hoghjaj: anniversary measured in weeks (the two-week anniversary of the 
                                 day someone quit smoking, perhaps)
   "A one-year anniversary would be {DISjaj wa'} or {DISjaj wa'Dich} (Maltz had no preference). And so on."  [ta'puq mach = The Little Prince]

TREK NOTES:
   In what turns out to be an alternate reality, Riker remarks that Worf seems extremely tense, considering he just returned from a vacation at the bat'leth tournament on Forcas III.  Worf replies that today was his birthday.  They reach Worf's quarters, but Worf is hesitant to enter and cautiously looks around.  Riker asks what's wrong and Worf replies that he's afraid someone might have set up a surprise party for him.  Back in reality, Troi presents him with a gift and says that Riker wanted to throw him a surprise party but she talked him out of it, for which Worf is grateful.  Troi says that she knows Klingons like to be alone on their birthday, "You probably want to meditate or hit yourself with a painstik, or something."  As she is about to leave, Worf asks her to join him for dinner. (TNG "Parallels")

BASHIR: This will be my thirtieth birthday. 
GARAK:  And? 
BASHIR: Well, in many human cultures, the thirtieth birthday is considered a sort of landmark. It 
                marks the end of youth and the beginning of the slow march into middle age. 
GARAK:  And that's considered bad? 
BASHIR: No. It's just that when you hit thirty, it becomes harder and harder to ignore the passage of time. 
GARAK:  I wasn't aware that humans saw growing old as a negative experience. On Cardassia, advanced
               age is seen as a sign of power and dignity. 
BASHIR: Well I am aware that aging is part of the natural process of life. It's just that I don't want to be
               reminded of it, that's all.  [DS9 "Distant Voices"]

SEE:
DISjaj 		anniversary (measured in years) (n)
lop 		celebration (n)
lopno' 		party, celebration [e.g. at one's nentay] (n)
yupma' 		festival (n)
'uQ'a' 		banquet, feast (n)
nob  		gift (n)
cha'nob  	ritual gifts (given at a lopno') (n)

bogh 		be born (v)
lop 		celebrate  (v)
SIQ 		endure (v)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons