Since the line accidentally appeared twice in the ST5 shooting script, Okrand re-parsed one of them as: vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI' Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle. ["Sharpshooting of the cosmos' litter inconclusively tests a warrior's courage."] TKW ... and later commented on it in KGT: (KGT 50): Captain Klaa, who took it upon himself to take revenge against the Federation's Captain James T. Kirk, remarked that he needed a real challenge to test a warrior's mettle, or {vaj toDuj} (literally, "warrior courage"). He was not referring to his own courage or that of any specific warrior (which would have been, in all likelihood, {SuvwI' toDuj}), but rather to the kind of courage embodied in being a warrior. SEE: toD rescue, save (v) (TKD) toD rescue (n) (TKD Addendum) SEE ALSO: vaj warrior, warriorhood (n) toDuj courage, bravery; mettle (S32) (n) Daj test inconclusively (v) ngeHbej cosmos (n) DI litter, rubble (TKD Addendum), debris, garbage (n) vI' sharpshooting, marksmanship, aim (n) -- Voragh -----------------------------------Original Message----------------------------------- From: SuStel via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2024 9:06 AM The word is first used in Star Trek V (vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI' - That means the Federation will be sending a rescue ship of its own), but it is first published in HolQeD 8:4, December 1999, ten years later. On 8/29/2024 10:00 AM, Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:

Klingon word: toDDuj Part of speech: noun Definition: rescue ship Source: