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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: toy'wI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jul 16 10:29:03 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:28:33 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 16, 2013
>
> Klingon word: toy'wI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: servant
> Source: TKD
AFAIK never used in canon.
toy'wI''a' slave (n)
DIHIvbe'ch[ugh] qo'chajDaq toy'wI''a' DImoj
Attack or be slaves in their world. ST6
toy' serve [a master] (v)
wo' toy'taHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan
To die while serving the Empire is the hope of every Klingon. TKW
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD Datoy'mo' pInaD
Because you serve the Klingon Language Institute, we commend you. FMC
Do not confuse {toy'} with:
jab serve food (v)
wech serve fermented food at its peak (v)
(Somewhat) similar words:
tlhab be free (v)
ghatlh dominate (v)
chargh conquer (v)
pIn'a' master (n)
jeghpu'wI' "conquered people" (n) (DI)
DI (glossary): "more than slaves, less than citizens, this status is given to occupants of worlds conquered by the Klingon Empire." (Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel _Diplomatic Implausibility_, c2001)
Trek trivia:
"I have seen what the Klingons do to planets like yours. They are organized into vast slave labor camps. No freedoms whatsoever ... You'd be far better off on a penal planet. Infinitely better off." (Kirk, "Errand of Mercy"
"Why should a slave show mercy to the enslavers?" (Lokai, TOS "Let that Be Your Last Battlefield")
A stylized chain printed on one's clothes was used as a symbol of slavery on 892-IV. (TOS "Bread and Circuses")
"The honor is to serve." (Worf to Riker upon being asked to join the latter's team in war games [TNG "Peak Performance"])
Gowron dismissed Lursa and B'Etor with a curt "Women may not serve on the Council" (TNG "Redemption I").
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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