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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   qel
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     consider, take into account

As used in canon:

batlh qelDI' tlhIngan, lumbe' 
A Klingon does not postpone a matter of honor. TKW

SuvwI' quvlIj yIqel! 
Consider your warrior's honor! (Day of Honor postcard)

Hoch nuH qel 
consider every weapon 
(idiom: "Consider every possibility" or "Consider every option" vs. Hoch DuH yIqel Consider every possibility! [KGT 108]): 

Hoch nuH yIqel! 
Consider every weapon! 
(idiom: "Consider every possibility!") KGT

Hoch nuH Daqel'a' 
Did you consider every weapon? KGT

Hoch nuH wIqelpu' 
We've considered every weapon. KGT

Hoch nuH qelbe' 
He/she does not consider every weapon. KGT

Language notes:

  Marc Okrand asked Maltz about how to say digress: "He wasn't aware of
a single word for that, but he said there's a commonly used phrase: {DoS chIl}. So I digress would be {DoS vIchIl}. And so on." (Lawrence Schoen, qep'a' 2008)

  Cf. the idiom {may' bom pIm bom} "sing a different battle song" (idiom: "speak of another matter entirely") ["This expression means speak of another matter entirely. It is used when someone changes the topic or offers clarification on an existing one or when some new information comes to light." (KGT 118f.)]

Related words:

bop 		be (all) about something
Del 		describe
qIm 		pay attention
Qub 		think
SIv 		wonder


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons