Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, October 03, 2016
Klingon word: DoQ Part of speech: verb Definition: claim (territory) Source: TKD
chay' 'etlh DoQ nuch How does a coward claim a sword? (PB) 'etlh DoQDI' meQchu'pu' che'rupbogh his promised kingdom will be ash by the time he claims the sword (PB) Since in our two known examples "sword" is the object of {DoQ}, "territory" is apparently just an example to distinguish one type of claim from another - e.g. "he claims to have cured cancer". See {maq} "proclaim", {ja'} "tell, report". SEE ALSO: yer territory (n) TREK TRIVIA: The Tellun Star System containing the Class-M planets Elas {'elas} and Troyius {Doy'yuS} is in a border area also claimed by the Klingon Empire. As of 2268, the two worlds had been at war with each other for years. (TOS "Elaan of Troyius") -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons