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

[jaSwa']

Sorry, I meant Kristak the volcano.

jaSwa'

Hochlogh bechjaj Hoch jaghpu'wI'

jaSwa' <DarksideTheMidnightShadow at yahoo.com> wrote:

>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:
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>>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:
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>>...{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}. 
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>>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
>>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>>
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