[84615] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: QopmoH (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu May 8 10:49:49 2008
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 09:47:09 -0500
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, May 8, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: QopmoH
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: wear out
Never used in canon.
Derived from {Qop} "be worn out":
KGT 163: The word {Qop} means "be worn out" and is usually applied to old
weapons, tools, mechanical devices, and the like. It is also used to mean
"be dead", but only in reference to an animal that one was expecting to eat
live. If a bowl of dead {qagh} (gagh, serpent worms) is placed before a
Klingon, the disappointed diner will probably criticize the cook for
preparing {qagh Qop} ("dead gagh"). The normal way to say "be dead",
referring to a person or animal, is by using the form {Heghpu'} ("has
died"): {Heghpu' SuvwI'} ("The warrior has died"). It is not appropriate
to say {SuvwI' Qop} ("dead warrior, worn-out warrior").
Related nouns:
{Doy'} "be tired"; {notlh} "be obsolete".
Cf. also {ghoQ} "be fresh, be just killed (meat)".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
