Klingon Word of the Day: maq
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 21, 2021 Klingon word: maq Part of speech: verb Definition: proclaim Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 21, 2021 Klingon word: maq Part of speech: verb Definition: proclaim Source: TKD _______________________________________________ Heghpu'bogh latlhpu' ghuHmoH bey. ghoS tlhIngan SuvwI' maq. This yell... serves to warn the other dead that a Klingon warrior is coming. (S31) SEE: vep proclamation, notification, announcement (n) SoQ speech, lecture, address (n) Qoyje' certificate (n) QIn message (n) ja' tell, report, claim (v) chup suggest (v) qeS advise (v) CULTURAL NOTES: During the Klingon Rite of Ascension {nentay} the young initiate {lopwI'} proclaims: "{DaHjaj SuvwI''e' jIH. tIqwIj Sa'angnIS. 'Iw bIQtIqDaq jIjaH}." A set of proclamations are also made to the bridge crew during a ship's change-of-command: (KGT 183-84): A ritual of a less majestic sort occurs on a Klingon vessel when a new set of officers takes over and a mission is about to begin. With the bridge crew assembled but the captain not yet present, the first officer states his or her name and then says {DaH yaS wa'DIch vIgheS} ("I now take my place as first officer" or, literally, "Now I assume the responsibilities of first officer"). The first officer then requests the ship's {may' ta} (record of battle), which is presented by a crew member. The first officer reviews it. Soon the captain enters. The first officer says, {beq may' ta vIlajpu'} ("I have accepted the crew's record of battle"), pledges the crew's lives to the captain, and concludes by saying, {juDev 'ej Dujvam ra'wI' DagheS'e' vItlhob} ("I ask you to lead us as commander of this ship" or, literally, "I request that you lead us and that you assume the duties of commander of this ship"). The captain replies, {ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj} ("I accept your lives into my hands") and then reverts to the ancient language form {no' Hol} and says, {Delaq Do'}, meaning something like "Take your stations", a phrase never heard in any other context. -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.
If you play with forward and backward stuff in English and Klingon and play with the fact that the English word “lead” can be pronounced two different ways, then {Delaq Do’} becomes potentially interpreted as, “I lead the vessel." But even Okrand doesn’t stretch puns THAT far. Does he? charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Feb 22, 2021, at 10:45 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 21, 2021
Klingon word: maq Part of speech: verb Definition: proclaim Source: TKD _______________________________________________
Heghpu'bogh latlhpu' ghuHmoH bey. ghoS tlhIngan SuvwI' maq. This yell... serves to warn the other dead that a Klingon warrior is coming. (S31)
SEE: vep proclamation, notification, announcement (n) SoQ speech, lecture, address (n) Qoyje' certificate (n) QIn message (n)
ja' tell, report, claim (v) chup suggest (v) qeS advise (v)
CULTURAL NOTES: During the Klingon Rite of Ascension {nentay} the young initiate {lopwI'} proclaims: "{DaHjaj SuvwI''e' jIH. tIqwIj Sa'angnIS. 'Iw bIQtIqDaq jIjaH}."
A set of proclamations are also made to the bridge crew during a ship's change-of-command:
(KGT 183-84): A ritual of a less majestic sort occurs on a Klingon vessel when a new set of officers takes over and a mission is about to begin. With the bridge crew assembled but the captain not yet present, the first officer states his or her name and then says {DaH yaS wa'DIch vIgheS} ("I now take my place as first officer" or, literally, "Now I assume the responsibilities of first officer"). The first officer then requests the ship's {may' ta} (record of battle), which is presented by a crew member. The first officer reviews it. Soon the captain enters. The first officer says, {beq may' ta vIlajpu'} ("I have accepted the crew's record of battle"), pledges the crew's lives to the captain, and concludes by saying, {juDev 'ej Dujvam ra'wI' DagheS'e' vItlhob} ("I ask you to lead us as commander of this ship" or, literally, "I request that you lead us and that you assume the duties of commander of this ship"). The captain replies, {ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj} ("I accept your lives into my hands") and then reverts to the ancient language form {no' Hol} and says, {Delaq Do'}, meaning something like "Take your stations", a phrase never heard in any other context.
-- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.
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On 2/22/2021 11:16 AM, Will Martin wrote:
If you play with forward and backward stuff in English and Klingon and play with the fact that the English word “lead” can be pronounced two different ways, then {Delaq Do’} becomes potentially interpreted as, “I lead the vessel."
But even Okrand doesn’t stretch puns THAT far.
Does he?
*Delaq Do'* was not invented by Okrand. It was written by an episode writer for /Deep Space Nine./ Okrand back-fit it based on the context in which it was used. There is no pun here. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
In that case, I feel lucky that it was even something that could be pronounced by a Klingon speaker... charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Feb 22, 2021, at 11:33 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 2/22/2021 11:16 AM, Will Martin wrote:
If you play with forward and backward stuff in English and Klingon and play with the fact that the English word “lead” can be pronounced two different ways, then {Delaq Do’} becomes potentially interpreted as, “I lead the vessel."
But even Okrand doesn’t stretch puns THAT far.
Does he? Delaq Do' was not invented by Okrand. It was written by an episode writer for Deep Space Nine. Okrand back-fit it based on the context in which it was used. There is no pun here.
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On 2/22/2021 2:02 PM, Will Martin wrote:
In that case, I feel lucky that it was even something that could be pronounced by a Klingon speaker...
Full context: https://youtu.be/3OAWB9dMqwg?t=150 -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
maqchaaaaa…? jatlhchu’laHbe’bogh DawI’pu’… wejpuH. charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Feb 22, 2021, at 3:08 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 2/22/2021 2:02 PM, Will Martin wrote:
In that case, I feel lucky that it was even something that could be pronounced by a Klingon speaker...
Full context: https://youtu.be/3OAWB9dMqwg?t=150
-- SuStel http://trimboli.name
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