[86672] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: 'Iwtob
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Oct 26 09:20:00 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:17:06 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4AE3ACBE.2030807@trimboli.name>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
David Kummer wrote:
>> Post that on a blog, but get rid of the "Okay I'm making this up" bit
>> and see how far it spreads? :P
>> (What's kivon?)
SuStel:
>qIvon qIvon je! qIvon nuq jay'?!
But to answer David's question:
{qIvon} body part (not further identified) KGT
TKW 174: "It is not clear what a {qIvon} is, aside from the fact that it is a Klingon body part..."
"Klingonese word (pronounced 'KEE-von') for an object of anatomy, apparently coming at least in pairs: Kor's left QiVon aches whenever his ship hits Warp-Factor 8. ([DS9] 'Blood Oath')" (KLS dB)
The Okuda Omnipedia identifies "QiVon" as being another word for knee. (mIqIraH) [N.B. {qIv} is the usual word for "knee".]
bIrchugh qIvon tuj 'Iw
If the qIvon is cold, the blood is hot. TKW
TKW 174: "the real meaning of the saying is a little obscure. It probably means something like `Even though some parts of the body may be cold, a Klingon's blood is hot'--that is, he is ready for battle."
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
