Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, August 01, 2019 Klingon word: HoQ Part of speech: verb Definition: be honored falsely, be falsely honorable Source: HQ:v12n3p8 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: HoQ Part of speech: verb Definition: be honored falsely, be falsely honorable Source: HQ:v12n3p8 _______________________________________________ (HQ 12.3:8-9): Maltz … said it could be used in the same places {quv} "be honored, be honorable" could be used, but only then the honor was not legitimate. Thus, a delegate to the Klingon Empire could well be described as a {Duy quv} "honored emissary", but if it turned out that he or she was a spy, the phrase {Duy HoQ} "falsely honored emissary" would be appropriate. […] Maltz mentioned one noun associated with these verbs, {DavHam}, which he defined simply as "false honor", but which really covers the same semantic ground as both {HoQ} and {Qaq} (but not really {mIl}). {DavHam} is different from {quvHa'ghach} "dishonor" (noun) in that the latter does not imply seeming to be honorable or the appearance of honorability, but rather the lack of or loss of honor. SEE: HoQmoH honor falsely (v) SEE ALSO: quv be honored, be honorable (v) Qaq behave falsely honorably, behave in a falsely honorable manner (v) mIl be formerly honored (v) qal be corrupt (v) yuD be dishonest (v) mIgh be evil (v) lIl impersonate, simulate (v) DavHam false honor (n) quvHa'ghach dishonor (n) quvHa'ghach mIr losing streak (qep'a' 2018) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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