[84032] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: noH (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jan 23 11:18:25 2008
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:16:53 -0600
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, January 18, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: noH
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: judge, estimate
Used in canon:
chorghSaD qelI'qam HIvchuq'e' vInoH
Estimating attack range in 8,000 kellicams. (ST5; cf. HQ 8.4:12)
Cultural notes:
CK: A Klingon may be inaccurate, but he is never approximate.
KGT 50f.: As is well known, it is considered the duty of officers on
Klingon ships to assassinate their immediate superior if the higher-ranking
officer has been judged unfit to serve, perhaps as a consequence of
neglecting his or her duty, demonstrating cowardice, or behaving dishonorably.
Okrand's use of "judge" in KGT:
KGT 72: If the music is judged positively--that is, if the listener likes
it--the music is said to be {'ey}, using the word normally translated as
{delicious} when talking about food.
KGT 165: a society that is judged to be falling apart may have {tlhamHom}
("little gravity") or {tlham puj} ("weak gravity").
KGT 138: the characteristic patterns of younger people's speech, if
noticed and commented upon, are more likely to be judged "sloppy" or
"careless" rather than "wrong."
KGT 188: one would risk being judged too lazy to learn Klingon properly
Related verbs:
{loy} guess; {wuq} decide; {'oD} arbitrate, mediate
Related nouns:
{yoj} judgment; {ruv} justice; {teblaw'} jurisdiction
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
