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

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon Jul 23 06:27:26 PDT 2012


> Klingon word:   nguq
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     be arrogant, haughty, conceited

AFAIK never used in canon.
 
HQ 12.3:9:  The notion of "too big for one's britches" (be too haughty or arrogant for one's status) as well as that of "commit hubris" (be presumptuous or arrogant) might best be rendered in Klingon not by {HoQ} ["be honored falsely, be falsely honorable"] but by {nguq} "be arrogant, haughty, conceited" an undesirable trait. To be {Hem} proud, however, is quite admirable and does not carry any connotations of arrogance as the Federation Standard words proud and pride sometimes do. The noun {'eDjen} refers to a person who is arrogant or haughty.

Related words:
jeQ 		be self-confident (v)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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