Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 14, 2016

Klingon word: majQa' Part of speech: excl Definition: well done, very good

TREK TRIVIA: {majQa'} "Well done!" (Kor?, DS9 "Blood Oath") When DS9 "A Time To Stand" originally aired in the U.S. (10/1997) there was a commercial for Playmate's Star Trek "Strike Force" toy ships in which a boy in Klingon make-up and Starfleet uniform enthused, *MAKH-kwa*," subtitled "COOL!" [BTW one occasionally hears actors pronouncing this as *mahj kwa*. I imagine this was a stray word in their script which they had to figure out on their own without help.] Also {maj} "Good! Fine!" (excl): (KGT 120): The Klingon word {maj} is an exclamation expressing satisfaction, generally translated as simply good, and functioning as a sentence in its own right. (KGT 159-61): The word {qu'} may also be used as an exclamation ("Great! Wonderful!"). In this sense, it seems to be interchangeable with {chong} (literally, "be vertical"; see page 148). [...] Nonslang verbs expressing similar ideas are ... an exclamation, {maj!} ("Good!"). (DloraH): I have heard some, including myself, simply say {maj} while going for a good warrior grasp on the arm for a Klingon 'handshake'. (Lieven, 11/2015): Besides of the verb {tlho'} ["thank"], remember the scene in DSN where a Klingon is given a glass of bloodwine and answers with {maj}. That's also a typical Klingon way to say 'thank you' like humans do. SEE ALSO: QaQ be good (v) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons