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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   qIv
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     knee

AFAIK never used in a sentence.
 
Related nouns:
'uS 		leg
'IvtIH 	hip
qam 		foot

Possibly related nouns:
DeSqIv 	elbow (lit. "arm-knee")
qIvon  	*QiVon* (unidentified body part)

Related verbs:
tor 		kneel
joD 		stoop
SIH 		bend
Qam 		stand
Hu' 		get up

Kneeling, etc. in Trek:

HQ 11.2:  The word {tor} also means "kneel", which Maltz thought was apt, since if a four-legged animal is able to kneel with either its hind legs or its front legs, it is able to pitch or tilt up or down.

QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS 
Better to die on our feet than live on our knees. ST6

"Or perhaps the thought of bending knee and tending sheep appeals to you?"
(Kirk, TOS "Who Mourns for Adonais?")

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons