Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Klingon word: may' Part of speech: noun Definition: battle

may' yIghuH Battle Alert! ST3 may' ngeb tIv Hoch Everyone enjoys a mock battle. CK may'Daq jaHDI' SuvwI' juppu'Daj lonbe' When a warrior goes to a battle, he does not abandon his friends. TKW may'meyDajvo' Haw'be' tlhIngan A Klingon does not run away from his battles. TKW narghbe'chugh SuvwI' qa' taH may' If the warrior's spirit has not escaped, the battle is still going on. TKW wo' choqmeH may' DoHlu'chugh lujbe'lu' "ending a battle to save an empire is no defeat." TKW yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI' Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw The blood of battle washes clean the warrior brave and true. (Anthem) ngIq tonSaw' lo' 'ej rIn may' In one single move, the battle was done. PB may' DaQap, vaj betleH 'obe' Damuv 'e' Daqotlh Win battle and earn entrance into the Order of the Bat'leth. MKE SEE ALSO: may' bom battle song may' ghe'naQ battle opera may' qoch battle partner may' Sut body armor may' ta record of battle may' taj battle knife may'Duj battle cruiser may'luch battle gear, panoply, complete set of armor & weapons may'morgh battle array N.B. {may'ron} "accordion, concertina" has nothing to do with battles -- presumably. USAGE NOTES: (KGT 47): In parallel fashion, any specific battle is {may'}, but the concept of battle is {vIq}, often translated as "combat"... In short, the nouns {veS} (war, warfare) and {vIq} (combat) and the verb {Qoj} (wage war) all are used to refer to the ideas of warfare, combat, and making war, while the nouns {noH} (war) and {may'} (battle) and the verbs {ghob} (make war, do battle) and {Suv} (fight) are used when referring to specific, concrete instances of war, battle, and fighting. Thus it is possible to say ... {may' ghob} or {may' Suv}, meaning "He/she fights a battle", but it is not normally acceptable to say ... {vIq Suv} ("He/she fights a combat"). (KGT 164): It is inappropriate to use the word [{Sub} (slang)] to describe anything other than a person; a phrase such as {may' Sub} would mean only "solid battle" and would probably be considered a meaningless utterance. (KGT 159): When applied to anything other than people or animals, the slang meaning is more likely. Thus, {may' qu'} (fierce battle) is really a way of saying "excellent battle". In Klingon, only a participant in a battle, not the battle itself, can literally be described as fierce. TREK TRIVIA: The Battle of HarOs was a famous battle involving the Klingons. As a present for Worf's 30th birthday, Data created an expressionist paingint of the famous battle which LaForge recognized. (TNG "Parallels") The Klingons fought the Romulans in a legendary victory at Klach D'Kel Bracht in 2272. (DS9 "Blood Oath") -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons