[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Doq

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, December 04, 2011
> 
> Klingon word: Doq
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be orange, red

As used in canon:

Doq'a' SuvwI'pu' 
Are warriors red? PK

Doq bIQtIq 
The river is red. KGT

Doq bIQtIq bIQ 
The river water is red. (idiom) KGT

KGT 123:  The phrase can be traced back to an old drinking song that commemorates the slaying of the tyrant Molor by Kahless. On that day, according to the song, the River Skral ran red; that is, it was filled with the blood of Molor.

KGT 95:  {'Iw HIq} (bloodwine) is served warm to hot ... and should be very dark red in color.


{DoqchoH}  "redden"
 
HQ 12.4:p:  For Klingons, even though there is a word for cry ({SaQ}), there is no word for tear or tears, undoubtedly because Klingons have no tear ducts. The only thing Maltz could think of that eyes do from time to time is redden ({DoqchoH}, literally "become red" or "change to red").


st.k 2/1998:  What we call brown would be described in Klingon by using the verb {Doq} "be red, orange". If the context is clear (such as contrasting a brown thing with a thing that cannot be described as {Doq}, such as something that's {SuD} "blue, green, yellow"), {Doq} alone is good enough. Thus, if there are two drinking cups, one brown and one blue, one might say:  {HIvje' Doq qaneH} "I want the {Doq} cup" [sic! for {vIneH}]. Only the brown cup could be described as {Doq}; the blue cup is definitely not {Doq} since it is {SuD}. On the other hand, to be more precise when talking about the color (when, for example, there's a brown cup and a red cup), Klingons would typically use the phrase: {Doq 'ej wovbe'} "be orange/red and not be bright". To get even more specific (to be able to refer to different kinds of browns) would involve comparisons. For example: {Doq 'ej Qaj wuS rur} "be orange/red and resemble *kradge* lips". The lips of the *kradge* are presumably a particular shade of brown.

KGT 123:  As noted earlier ... the Klingon word {Doq} (be red) ... really means much more than red. It refers to a rather wide spectrum of colors ranging from deep red to bright orange and includes pink. Nearly all Klingon bodily fluids, including blood, can be described as {Doq}.

KGT 82:  The word {Doqqu'} (literally, "very {Doq}") refers to a color more red than orange.

KGT 82f.:  The fact that neither {SuD} nor {Doq} includes what is called violet or purple in Federation Standard may be related to Klingon physiology--that is, exactly how the Klingon eye processes different wavelengths of light.


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons