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

[Steven Boozer]

Thanks.  I added this to my notes.  In the meantime, I found two more punishment-related Trek references:

 - "You can't turn me over to the Klingons! They don't just imprison you... Do you know what the punishment is for fraud?" (Yranac [a terrified Yridian who had twelve outstanding arrest warrants for fraud and petty theft in the Klingon Empire] to Riker, TNG "Gambit Pt. I")

 - "You are on your way to judgment, to final punishment." (Bele to Lokai, TOS "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> Captain Kavok in the VCR game
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Interactiv
> e_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
> >