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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: cho'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 3 09:52:37 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 14:51:42 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 01, 2014
>
> Klingon word: cho'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: succession
cho' 'oDwI' "Arbiter of Succession" (n):
yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh
janluq pIqarD HoD.
Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc
Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25
Cf. the homophonous verb {cho'} "succeed (to authority)":
maQ 'oH HemHa'choH 'ej cho'choH moratlh
The signal for Morath to lose his pride and claim a throne. PB
Related vocabulary:
gheS assume duties of, take on responsibilities (v)
Sugh install [in office] (v)
moj become(v)
Son relieve(v)
lu fall from power (v)
Deq be erstwhile, former, prior, ex- (v)
Da behave as, act in the manner of (v)
ngoy' be responsible (v)
woQ authority, political power (n)
ngup authority, power, one in authority, one in charge (slang)
nubwI' predecessor (n)
[N.B. WRT {nubwI'} the only known verb {nub} means "be suspect". Some have speculated that Okrand may have mis-remembered {nung} "precede".]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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