[84210] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: tay (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Mar 3 11:25:47 2008
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:13 -0600
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, March 3, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: tay
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be civilized
Never used in canon:
Related verbs:
{lop} "observe, celebrate (a ritual)"; {SeQ} "be formal, ritualistic,
ceremonial"; {Hach} "be developed (e.g. a civilization)"; {'Itlh} "be
advanced, highly developed" (antonym {lutlh} "be primitive")
>Homonyms:
> tay (noun) - ceremony, rite, ritual
Specific {taymey} include: {chontay} ritual hunt, {Heghtay} Death Ritual,
{muvtay} initiation, {nentay} Rite of Ascension, {qutluch tay} Kut'luch
Ceremony, {ruStay} R'uustai ([familial] bonding ritual). *{Darghtay} "Tea
Ceremony" has often been suggested but never confirmed.
Related nouns:
{taymoH} "civilize" & {tayqeq} "civilization"
"Apparently while our definition of maturity is cities ('CIVilization')
theirs is ritual ({nentay}, {Heghtay}, {muvtay})." (Qov)
An alternate etymology is that the idea of civilization is related to
{tay'} "be together, be united" (suggesting the pun: family, cultural,
societal "ties"?)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
