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Re: Klingon WOTD: bIghHa' (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jan 2 16:28:21 2008
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:26:48 -0600
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, December 22, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: bIghHa'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: prison, jail
Used in canon:
bIghHa'Daq ghaHtaH qama''e'
The prisoner is in the prison. KGT
Trek notes:
TKW 190: Rura Penthe is a frozen asteroid used by Klingons as a penal
colony for enemies of the Empire. (...) The prisoners on Rura Penthe (...)
mine dilithium, required for warp propulsion systems. Significantly, the
penal colony houses no Klingon prisoners.
"I have seen what the Klingons do to planets like yours. They are organized
into vast slave labor camps. No freedoms whatsoever... You'd be far better
off on a penal planet. Infinitely better off." (Kirk, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
There are Federation penal colonies on Tantalus V (TOS "Dagger of the
Mind") and Elba II (TOS "Whom Gods Destroy") protected by a security force
field.
Related nouns:
{mo'} "cage", {qama'} "prisoner"
Pun:
"big house"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
