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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 19, 2012
> 
> Klingon word:   vup
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     pity

Used in a sentence:

Hoch jaghpu'Daj HoHbogh SuvwI' yIvup 
"Pity the warrior who slays all his foes." 

N.B. this is a famous line from the epic Klingon poem {lu qeng} "The Fall of Kang" by G'trok (KGT 107), which is required reading at Starfleet Academy (DS9 "Second Sight").

Trek trivia:

"Ah, sentimentality, mercy - the emotions of peace. Your weakness, Captain Kirk." (Kor, TOS "Errand of Mercy")

"Why should a slave show mercy to the enslavers?" (Lokai, TOS "Let that Be Your Last Battlefield")

Related words:

QoS 		be sorry (v)
pay 		regret (v)
may 		be fair (v)
tlhIj 	apologize (v)

pung 		mercy (n)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons