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Re: Klingon WOTD: maqoch (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Jun 6 10:34:12 2008
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:33:07 -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 Friday, June 6, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: maqoch
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: buddy, pal, close male friend of a male
KGT 202: The word {maqoch} itself may derive from {may' qoch} (literally,
"battle partner"), so perhaps it originally meant something like "war buddy".
Here in the States ex-servicemen often refer to their "Army buddies", "Navy
buddies", etc. {qoch} "partner" might also be translated "comrade" in
other contexts.
BTW this idea may be behind Gowron's statement to his crew in the Hallmark
commercial:
pIj maSuvpu' batlh maSuvpu' 'ej maQapbejta'
In our many battles, we have fought with honor and achieved victory!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
