[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Suy

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, March 23, 2025

Klingon word: Suy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: merchant
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Suy SoH 
You are a merchant.  (KGT)

(KGT 196):  Calling someone a {Suy'} is quite derogatory, comparable to using the word "pig" in Federation Standard.  Mistakenly calling someone a {Suy} (merchant) when the intent is to be insulting and call him or her a {Suy'} will have the effect of making the speaker appear to be foolish and, therefore, weak and hardly in a position to be ridiculing someone else. Furthermore, the speaker may inadvertently offend a nearby merchant.

bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh 
Buy or die.  (TKW)
(TKW 213):  This is a common saying among Klingon merchants, usually uttered when customers are in the store comparing products or sampling the available goods, but not purchasing anything. Tellingly, there is no known Klingon word for "browse," at least as applied to matters of commerce. Klingon shops do not have windows, but doing the in-store equivalent of window-shopping appears to be a bad idea.

malja' 		business (n)
   malja' Huq 	    "transact business" (phrase)
mech 		trade (v)
tlhong 		barter, bargain (v)
je' 		buy, purchase (v)
ngev 		sell (v)
DIl 		pay for (v)

SuyDuj  		merchant ship (n)

SuyDuj DaQaw'chugh qagh DaHoH 
If you destroy the merchant ship, you kill gagh. (KGT)
("that is, destroying the merchant ship is contrary to the best interests of the current mission." (KGT 118)

TREK NOTES:
  "I am Spock, a dealer in kevas and trillium." (TOS "Errand of Mercy")

  "I'm a merchant. I deal in gemstones, kevas and trillium mostly." (Barry Waddle [aka Arne Darvin], DS9 "Trials and Tribble-ations")

  "He is a Vulcanian merchant, mainly concerned with how he will carry on business under our occupation." (Klingon guard, TOS "Errand of Mercy")

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons