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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gaerfindel)
Wed Dec 17 12:36:13 2014
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:35:58 -0500
From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On 12/17/2014 10:13 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 17, 2014
>>
>> Klingon word: qI'
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: sign (a treaty)
>> Source: TKD
> 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.
I like how {'oHtaH} implies that "the sword is in the ocean...and
*continues* to be."
> SEE ALSO:
> mab treaty (n)
> rom accord (n)
{mab} is likely a reference to Queen Mab of the faeries, who are known
in story to make bargains with mortals (which often don't turn well for
the mortals).
~quljIb
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