[84727] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: qa'vaQ (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu May 22 11:49:05 2008
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:47:05 -0500
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, May 22, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: qa'vaQ
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: [qa'vak] (traditional game)
Never used in a sentence.
*Qa'vak* is a traditional game that hones the skills of the hunt involving
rolling a half-meter hoop and a {ghIntaq} spear (TKW). Seen in TNG
"Birthright II".
The expression "The hoop is moving" {vIHtaH gho} "comes from a maneuver
used for hunting practice known as the {qa'vaQ} in which a hoop ({gho}) is
rolled and one tries to throw a stick through it while it is moving" (KGT
p. 112).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
