[84759] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ech (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jun 2 11:05:19 2008
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:03:13 -0500
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, June 1, 2008.
>
>Category: People
>
>Klingon word: 'ech
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: brigadier
"An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He
commands a brigade, and is sometimes shortened simply to brigadier."
(STC:KLS [N.B. non-Okrandian definition!])
This is likely the Army equivalent of a Navy commodore {totlh}: "Military
ranking, usually above captain and below admiral." (KLS)
Never used in canon.
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 52: The officers ({yaSpu'}) are ranked as follows (from highest to
>lowest, each given with its usual Federation Standard translation): {'aj}
>("admiral"), {Sa'} ("general"), {totlh} ("commodore"), {'ech}
>("brigadier"), {HoD} ("captain"), {la'} ("commander"), {Sogh}
>("lieutenant"), {lagh" ("ensign"), {ne'} ("yoeman").
>
>When used with an individual's name, a title follows the name: {tlha'a
>HoD} ("Captain Klaa"), {cheng Sa'} ("General Chang"), {qeng la'}
>("Commander Kang"), and so on.
KGT 197f.: When addressing such a person, the title is left off only when
the occasion is decidedly nonofficial.
Trek notes:
AFAIK the only known Klingon brigadier is Azetbur's advisor Kerla (ST6).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
