{Ha'DIbaH} is an insult, though. It's not a generic, value-neutral word for someone with a lower status than you. On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:40 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
Then there is {Ha'DIbaH}, literally 'animal', but also 'inferior (person)'.
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 31, 2017
Klingon word: moch Part of speech: noun Definition: superior Source: TKD
AFAIK {moch} has never been used in canon.
Okrand refers to "someone of higher rank in the Klingon social, political, or military hierarchy" (TKD 43). Is this a {moch}?
Note the verb {nIv} "be superior".
(KGT 110-11): [{qutluch patlh}] means hierarchical structure. The kut'luch is a knife associated with Klingon assassins, so the imagery is one of a list, presumably in a specific order, of intended victims of the kut'luch. To determine one's place in Klingon society or to understand who has authority over whom, one must be aware of the {qutluch patlh} of the military, the government, the house with which one is associated, and so on.
SEE ALSO: chuQun nobility (n) qup elder (n)
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