[84088] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: Qor (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jan 29 11:32:49 2008
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:30:43 -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 Thursday, January 24, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: Qor
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: fight, battle (very minor fight)
Never used in canon.
>Additional Notes:
>KGT 235: {Qor}, {tlhaS}, {vay}, {lul}, {Hargh}
>
>KGT p. 47: First of all, there is a set of verbs that can each be
>translated "clash with," "encounter," "engage," and the like, but these
>translations do not make the differences between the words clear. They
>are differentiated by degree, ranging from something like "struggle in a
>minor skirmish" to "engage in a major melee." Arranged in ascending order
>of ferocity, they are {Qor}, {tlhaS}, {vay}, {lul}, {Hargh}. If Klingons
>engaged in shadowboxing, {Qor} might be appropriately applied, while
>{Hargh} would be reserved only for situations approaching Armageddon.
Cultural notes:
KGT 16: Within the land mass are distinct areas, some of which are
demarcated geographically (divided by a mountain range, for example), while
the boundaries of others seem rather arbitrary, the result, no doubt, of
ancient power struggles.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
