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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Dec 17 10:13:59 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:13:46 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 17, 2014
>
> Klingon word: qI'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: sign (a treaty)
> Source: TKD
TKW 80: Within the Klingon Empire, there are no written treaties ... This has caused conflicts from time to time in dealing with the Federation, which prefers documentation.
KGT 121f.: The idiom {bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'} ("The sword is in the ocean") is used to mean that something has ended, that it is impossible to return to a prior condition, just as Kahless and Morath never spoke to each other again. The expression might be used, for example, in reference to a treaty that was just signed, suggesting that a former state of antagonism has ended forever.
PUN:
Khitomer (the site of the famous Klingon-Federation peace treaty)?
SEE ALSO:
mab treaty (n)
rom accord (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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