Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 07, 2019 Klingon word: tor Part of speech: verb Definition: kneel _______________________________________________ QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS Better to die on our feet than live on our knees. ST6 ("Dying while standing is preferable to living while kneeling"). TKW 95: The grammatical construction is a bit aberrant; one would expect {QamtaHvIS} and {tortaHvIS}. In proverbs, grammatical shortcuts are not uncommon. SEE: tor pitch (i.e. aircraft) (v) [HQ 11.2] (HQ 11.2): And when the nose of the plane moves up or down, the plane is said to {tor} "pitch". (The word {tor} also means "kneel", which Maltz thought was apt, since if a four-legged animal is able to kneel with either its hind legs or its front legs, it is able to pitch or tilt up or down.) … The attitude of an aircraft is often talked about in terms of angles. The word for angle is {tajvaj}. Klingon {taH} means "be at a negative angle". SEE ALSO: qIv knee (n) tom be tilted, tilt (v) joD stoop (v) ‘ung squat (down) (v) SIH bend (v) Qam stand (v) Hu' get up (v) van salute, bow before (v) TREK TRIVIA: "Or perhaps the thought of bending knee and tending sheep appeals to you?" (Kirk, TOS "Who Mourns for Adonais?") -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons