[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HI'tuy

[jaSwa']

I wouldn't translate HI''a' as "tyrant," because "dictator" doesn't have an inherently negative meaning and only started to be used negatively within the last seventy years or so. Case in point: the dozens of movies from the 1920s and 1930s from the US in which a dictator comes to power and fixes all the country's problems. At the time, the desire by US citizens to be governed by a dictator was pretty strong, but dictators ended up being just the current fad that went out when the Second World War came in (and ruined the public's perception of dictators). Contrast to "tyrant," which inherently has a negative meaning while a dictator is simply an absolute ruler that isn't a monarch.

I would add the slang word ngup (similar to the English expression "the man") to this list, though.

jaSwa'

Hochlogh bechjaj Hoch jaghpu'wI'

Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

>> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 10, 2012
>> 
>> Klingon word: HI'tuy
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: dictatorship
>> Source: TKD
>
>AFAIK never used in a sentence.
>
>"The Klingons are a military dictatorship. War is their way of life."
> (Kirk, TOS "Errand of Mercy")
>
>Related words:
>
>HI'  	dictator 
>
>  romuluS HI' vImuS 
>  I detest the Romulan dictator. KGT
>
>HI''a'  	(tyrant?)
>
>  nItebHa' molor HI''a' SuvvIpghach puj je HarghmeH yeq chaH 
>  United to do battle together! Against fear and against weakness! (PB)
>
>Similar nouns:
>
>DevwI' 	leader
>voDleH 	emperor
>ta' 		emperor
>qumwI' 	governor
>la'quv 	supreme commander
>loHwI' 	magistrate
>vu'wI' 	manager
>Qang 	chancellor
>pIn 		boss
>
>qum 		government
>woQ		authority, political power
>wo'		empire
>
>
>--
>Voragh
>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
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