Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Klingon word: Hup Part of speech: verb Definition: punish Source: TKD

AFAIK never used in a sentence. SEE SYNONYM: bIj punish (v) qabIj I punish you. KGT Difference from {Hup} not known. SEE ALSO: qIch condemn (v) DIv be guilty (v) chun be innocent (v) bIj punishment (n) jIp penalty (n) Sun discipline (n) Ruv justice (n) TREK TRIVIA: "You'll find there are many rules and regulations. They will be posted. Violation of the smallest of them will be punished by death." (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy") "You can't turn me over to the Klingons. They don't just imprison you... Do you know what the punishment is for fraud?" (Yranac, [a terrified Yridian who had twelve outstanding arrest warrants for fraud and petty theft in the Klingon Empire] to Riker, TNG "Gambit Pt.I") Kortar, the ferryman on the mythical Barge of the Dead, destroyed the gods who created him and, as punishment, was condemned to ferry the souls of the dishonored dead over the River of Blood to the gates of Grethor. (VOY "Barge of the Dead") -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons