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

[Steven Boozer]

>> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 07, 2011
>>
>> Klingon word: nov
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: alien, foreigner
 
'anan naHQun:
> alien, foreigner, TKD outsider KGT
>
> Used in canon:
> nov DorwI' - alien escort PK

loghDaq lupDujHom qoDDaq bIlengtaHvIS, nIbuQbogh novpu' DaSuv 
Battle menacing aliens in a shuttlecraft journey through space. (STX)

Related nouns:
antonym: {Sung} native


> verb -  be foreign, alien TKD

Related verbs:
{Huj} be strange, {jum} be odd


Cultural notes:

KGT 153:  In time, the Hur'q came to symbolize any non-Klingon. Actually, in Klingon, a Hur'q person would be {Hur'Iqngan}, while {Hur'Iq} refers to Hur'q society or their homeland. This shorter word took on the slang meaning of "outsider, foreigner". The standard term for foreigner, alien is {nov}.

Trek notes:

"You are an enemy alien. You will be under our scrutiny at all times."
(Kor to "Vulcan merchant" Spock, TOS "Errand of Mercy")


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons