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

[Steven Boozer]

{jIj} used in canon:

ngoQvam luchavmeH ghawran maghpu' be'nI'pu'. woQ luSuqmeH jIjpu' chaH romuluSngan'e' je. 
To this end, the sisters have acted against Gowron, going as far as to work with Romulan factions in order to gain power. S26

Cf. also {yuQjIjDIvI'} & {yuQjIjQa'}, both glossed as "The United Federation of Planets" in TKD; {'amerI'qa' SepjIjQa'} "United States of America" (TalkNow); {tuqjIjQa'} "United Kingdom" (TalkNow), 

{yeq} in canon:

nItebHa' molor HI''a' SuvvIpghach puj je HarghmeH yeq chaH 
United to do battle together! Against fear and against weakness! (BP 118-119)

yeqchuqchu'taHghach  
unity (n) (PB 138-139)

Related verbs:

{HeQ} 	comply
{ghIb}	consent
{lob} 	obey

{'om} resist) - antonym

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Newton [mailto:philip.newton at gmail.com]
> 
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 16:01, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
> > Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 26, 2011
> >
> > Klingon word: jIj
> > Part of speech: verb
> > Definition: cooperate
> 
> Compare {yeq}.
> 
> TKD has "jij: cooperate (v)" in the K-E portion, and "cooperate (v):
> yeq" in the E-K portion.
> 
> KGT seems to tell us about a distinction between the two; in the
> description of the slang term {qang} ("always agree with [someone],
> always go along with [someone], always cooperate with [someone]"), it
> says:
> 
>     Nonslang equivalents of {qang},
>     though lacking the negative connotation, are {reH
>     Qochbe'} ("always agree"; {reH,} "always"), {reH yeq} ("al-
>     ways cooperate"), and {reH jIj} ("always be cooperative").
> 
> Also, KGT's glossary has "{jIj}: be cooperative (v)" and "[be]
> cooperative (v): {jIj}".
> 
> This implies that {yeq} is closer to "cooperate" and {jIj} to "be
> cooperative".
> 
> In my notes, I have "cooperate" for {yeq} and "cooperate, be
> cooperative" for {jIj}, using the KGT definition to add to the TKD one
> for {jIj} rather than supplanting it. I don't know whether that's the
> closest to the truth.
> 
> Cheers,
> Philip
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>
> 
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