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Re: Klingon WOTD: mab (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Jan 17 12:54:13 2008
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:49:00 -0600
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, January 17, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: mab
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: treaty
Never used in canon.
Cultural notes:
TKW 80: Within the Klingon Empire, there are no written treaties.
Apparently, because of this virtue of integrity, there is no need. This has
caused conflicts from time to time in dealing with the Federation, which
prefers documentation.
KGT 1: After years marked by increased cooperation, mutual understanding,
and sharing of knowledge, a protracted period of relative amity between the
Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets came to an abrupt end
not long ago when the Empire withdrew from the peace treaty known as the
Khitomer Accords over an incident regarding war with the Cardassian Union.
Ironically, that same war has brought the two governments back together.
Though he did so with some trepidation, Klingon Chancellor Gowron recently
agreed to once again honor the accords and to engage in joint missions with
the Federation.
KGT 121-22: The idiom {bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'} ("The sword is in the
ocean") is used to mean that something has ended, that it is impossible to
return to a prior condition, just as Kahless and Morath never spoke to each
other again. The expression might be used, for example, in reference to a
treaty that was just signed, suggesting that a former state of antagonism
has ended forever.
KGT 141: Though no official treaty or agreement exists, Klingons generally
follow a naming scheme used throughout the galaxy whereby a planet's name
is really the name of its sun (or one of them) followed by a number
referring to its orbit.
Related nouns:
{rojmab} peace treaty
'orghen rojmab
The Organian Peace Treaty
{rojHom} truce
ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla'
The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer. TKD
Cf. also {roj} peace; {rom} accord; {ghar} diplomacy; {gharwI'} diplomat
Related verbs:
{qI'} sign (a treaty); {roj} make peace; {Sutlh} negotiate; {ja'chuq}
discuss; {moS} compromise; {ghar} conduct diplomacy)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
