[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon WOTD: bIj (noun)

[Michael Roney, Jr. PKT]

Captain Kavok in the VCR game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Interactive_VCR_Board_Game_%E2%80%93_A_Klingon_Challenge
would say "Experience bIj!" when punishing a player.

Video at
http://vimeo.com/11040425
time mark 1:35

~naHQun


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
>>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, April 26, 2008.
>>
>>Klingon word:   bIj
>>Part of Speech: noun
>>Definition:     punishment
>
> Never used in canon.
>
> Related nouns:
>
> {jIp} penalty;  {wem} violation;  {ruv} justice;  {Sun} discipline
>
>>Homonyms:
>>     bIj (verb) - punish
>
> Used in canon:
>
>   qabIj
>   I punish you. KGT
>
> Related verbs:
>
> {wem} violate;  {HeS} commit a crime;  {yem} sin
>
> Cf. also {mub} "be legal" vs. {Hat} "be illegal.
>
> N.B. the synonym {Hup} "punish", which has never been used in canon.  The
> difference between {bIj} and {Hup} is unknown at this time.
>
> Trek Trivia:
>
> "You'll find there are many rules and regulations.  They will be
> posted.  Violation of the smallest of them will be punished by
> death."  (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
>
> Some Klingons take a similar approach WRT their language!  E.g.:
>
>   Mistakes of this kind are simply not tolerated and there are no
>   recorded instances of anyone living long enough to repeat the
>   offense.   [KGT 190]
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
>



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