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

[jaSwa']

If that's the case, then I guess the Black Hills are being somewhat anthropomorphized in that example?

jaSwa'

Hochlogh bechjaj Hoch jaghpu'wI'

Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

>jatlhpu' Voragh:
>
>For comparison we have the similar verb {bot} "prevent, block" which has been used:
>
>  Dubotchugh yIpummoH 
>  If it's in your way, knock it down. TKW
>
>  HuDqIjDaq qet ghIq Hechaj bot QIStaq 
>  Running Over the Black Hills Until Kri'stak blocks their path. (PB)
>
>  qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot. 
>  Intercept Rudellian plague relief convoy to Cardassian Union. MKE
>
>  lojmItDaj veghta'DI' jubbe'wI' yInqa'meH chegh 'e' botnIS
>   qotar qeylIS HoHmeH qotar qeylIS SamnIS 
>  Still, Kotar cannot let a mortal Pass his gates and return
>   alive, Kahless must be hunted down and killed. (PB)
>
>  yab matlh muvchuqghach Sorgh vay' 'e' vIbotjaj. 
>  Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.
>  (Sonnet 116)
>
>This raises the question:  What's the difference between {waQ} "obstruct" and {bot} "prevent, block, etc."?
>
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>jatlhpu' quljIb:
>
>...{waQ} is used when there is an inanimate obstruction {lojmIt waQ Sor HoHpu'}, while {bot} is used when there is an animate object *actively* involved {lojmIt bot mIl'oD}. 
>
>The canon seems to support the idea that {bot} means an active impediment.  Especially the first three examples.
>
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>I should have said:  What's the difference between {waQ} and {bot} *in Klingon usage*.  As we have no examples of the former, this cannot be answered at the present time.  Interestingly, the word {le'mIS} "blockade" used in Klingon Monopoly is unrelated to either word:
>
>  DIvI' le'mISvo' bInargh. 
>  Escape Federation blockade. MKE
>
>(Hmm... I sense another pun.  Something from "Les Mis" perhaps?)
>
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>
>--
>Voragh
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>
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