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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: meqba'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Oct 30 10:40:10 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:39:58 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 30, 2012
>
> Klingon word: meqba'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: legal proceeding (type of)
I.e. that portion of a Klingon trial or appeal in which evidence is heard during which all evidence must be heard in open council (cf. TNG "Sins of the Father").
Note the apparent etymology: {meq} "reason" + {ba'} "sit".
Related words:
bo'DIj court [of law] (n)
ruv justice (n)
teblaw' jurisdiction (n)
yoj judgment (n)
ghIpDIj court martial (v)
loH administer (v)
noH judge, estimate (v)
'oD arbitrate, mediate (n)
qIch condemn (v)
'oDwI' arbitrator, arbiter (n)
loHwI' magistrate (n)
A useful phrase to remember:
loHwI' vISuch 'e' vIpoQ!
I demand to see the magistrate! (ENT "Affliction")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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