Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 07, 2019 Klingon word: ta' Part of speech: noun Definition: deed, accomplishment _______________________________________________ ta'mey Dun, bommey Dun Great deeds, great songs. TKW (KGT 70-71): Warriors have long celebrated great achievements and key events in song, reinforcing the importance of the accomplishments and actually reliving them while singing. Great deeds are "deeds worthy of song," as the Klingon leader Gowron once put it, and part of the appeal of engaging in battle is the prospect that, if the battle is a really good one, it will be fought over and over again in song. Dung qo' pawDI' qeylIS qorDu' je ta''e' neH bop bommey. Upon reaching the upper world, no one could speak of anything, but the deeds of Kahless and his kin. PB SEE: ta' accomplish, do (v) vIta'pu'be' I didn't do it. TKD Qu'Daj ta'taHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan To die in the line of duty is the hope of every Klingon. TKW DaH nuq ta'pu' Day joH What has Lady Di done now? RT 'oy'naQ DaQeqDI' mIw wa'DIch Data', 'ach 'oy'naQ Dachu'DI' mIw paghDIch Data' When you aim the painstik, you accomplish the first step, but when you turn the painstik on, you accomplish the zeroth step. KGT 'oy'naQ Dachu'Ha'DI' mIw HochDIch Data' When you turn the painstik off, you accomplish the last step. KGT moQbara' 'ay'mey bota'ta' You have both finished the forms of the *mok'bara* PB jIlay'DI' reH batlh jIpabchugh Qapla'meywIj Hoch vIta'ta' 'e' DaHar'a' Did you think that my word of honor would have carried me this far? PB DaH nuq wIta'taH? What is our current task? ("What are we accomplishing now?") (qep'a' 2016) SEE ALSO: chav achievement (n) tuH adventure (n) wanI' phenomenon, event, occurrence (n) chav achieve, attain (v) ruch proceed (v) vang act, take action (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons