Klingon Word of the Day: moch
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 31, 2017 Klingon word: moch Part of speech: noun Definition: superior Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 31, 2017
Klingon word: moch Part of speech: noun Definition: superior Source: TKD
AFAIK {moch} has never been used in canon. Okrand refers to "someone of higher rank in the Klingon social, political, or military hierarchy" (TKD 43). Is this a {moch}? Note the verb {nIv} "be superior". (KGT 110-11): [{qutluch patlh}] means hierarchical structure. The kut'luch is a knife associated with Klingon assassins, so the imagery is one of a list, presumably in a specific order, of intended victims of the kut'luch. To determine one's place in Klingon society or to understand who has authority over whom, one must be aware of the {qutluch patlh} of the military, the government, the house with which one is associated, and so on. SEE ALSO: chuQun nobility (n) qup elder (n) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Then there is {Ha'DIbaH}, literally 'animal', but also 'inferior (person)'. lay'tel SIvten On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 31, 2017
Klingon word: moch Part of speech: noun Definition: superior Source: TKD
AFAIK {moch} has never been used in canon.
Okrand refers to "someone of higher rank in the Klingon social, political, or military hierarchy" (TKD 43). Is this a {moch}?
Note the verb {nIv} "be superior".
(KGT 110-11): [{qutluch patlh}] means hierarchical structure. The kut'luch is a knife associated with Klingon assassins, so the imagery is one of a list, presumably in a specific order, of intended victims of the kut'luch. To determine one's place in Klingon society or to understand who has authority over whom, one must be aware of the {qutluch patlh} of the military, the government, the house with which one is associated, and so on.
SEE ALSO: chuQun nobility (n) qup elder (n)
-- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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{Ha'DIbaH} is an insult, though. It's not a generic, value-neutral word for someone with a lower status than you. On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:40 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
Then there is {Ha'DIbaH}, literally 'animal', but also 'inferior (person)'.
lay'tel SIvten
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 31, 2017
Klingon word: moch Part of speech: noun Definition: superior Source: TKD
AFAIK {moch} has never been used in canon.
Okrand refers to "someone of higher rank in the Klingon social, political, or military hierarchy" (TKD 43). Is this a {moch}?
Note the verb {nIv} "be superior".
(KGT 110-11): [{qutluch patlh}] means hierarchical structure. The kut'luch is a knife associated with Klingon assassins, so the imagery is one of a list, presumably in a specific order, of intended victims of the kut'luch. To determine one's place in Klingon society or to understand who has authority over whom, one must be aware of the {qutluch patlh} of the military, the government, the house with which one is associated, and so on.
SEE ALSO: chuQun nobility (n) qup elder (n)
-- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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In KGT the meaning "inferior person" is added: {Ha'DIbaH} ("dog, cur, inferior person") {Ha'DIbaH} means "animal" in general (also "meat" of any kind), but when applied to a person, it is an insult. It is most frequently used epithetically---that is, in name calling---as in {romuluS Ha'DIbaH!} ("Romulan dog!"; literally, "Romulan animal!"). qurgh On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:45 PM, nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:
{Ha'DIbaH} is an insult, though. It's not a generic, value-neutral word for someone with a lower status than you.
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:40 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
Then there is {Ha'DIbaH}, literally 'animal', but also 'inferior (person)'.
lay'tel SIvten
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 31, 2017
Klingon word: moch Part of speech: noun Definition: superior Source: TKD
AFAIK {moch} has never been used in canon.
Okrand refers to "someone of higher rank in the Klingon social,
political,
or military hierarchy" (TKD 43). Is this a {moch}?
Note the verb {nIv} "be superior".
(KGT 110-11): [{qutluch patlh}] means hierarchical structure. The kut'luch is a knife associated with Klingon assassins, so the imagery is one of a list, presumably in a specific order, of intended victims of the kut'luch. To determine one's place in Klingon society or to understand who has authority over whom, one must be aware of the {qutluch patlh} of the military, the government, the house with which one is associated, and so on.
SEE ALSO: chuQun nobility (n) qup elder (n)
-- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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