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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   rop
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     be sick, ill

As used in canon:

  rop 
  He/she is sick. KLS

  jIroplaw'
  I feel sick. CK

  ropchoHbe' tlhInganpu' 
  Klingons do not get sick. TKW

  tlhIngan yoH pIv verengan yoH rop 
  The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi (slang) KGT

Related verbs:

pIv 		be healthy
pIvHa' 	be unhealthy
ngej 		infect
vor 		cure
'uH 		have a hangover
wuQ 		have a headache
vul 		be unconscious
vulchoH 	faint

'oy'  	ache, hurt, be sore
'aw'  	sting
bech 		suffer
SIQ 		endure, bear

Related nouns:

rop  		disease, sickness (also "syndrome"?)
poq 		indigestion
pom 		dysentery
bep 		agony
'oy' 		ache, pain

ropyaH  	  infirmary (also sick bay, medical ward, etc.?)
ropyaH qach  hospital 


Klingons do get sick.  Known Klingon diseases, illnesses and "syndromes" (as they are often called in Trek) include:

*rop'ngor*
  A disease that sometimes affects Klingon children, somewhat akin to Terran measles. (TNG "Up the Long Ladder")

*Ba'ltmasor* Syndrome
  Visiting exobiologist J'Dan took regular weekly injections in the Enterprise-D sick Bay to treat his Ba'ltmasor Syndrome. He kept a Klingon "hyposyringe" in his quarters for that purpose. The details of the disease were not mentioned. (TNG "The Drumbeat") 

*Nehret* 
  All the Klingons from Kohlar's ship are carrying a dormant disease which will eventually become active and kill them. Kohlar says, "It is the Nehret". The disease is contagious, but only for Klingons. Both B'Elanna and her baby have become infected but the Doctor manages to cure everyone. (VOY "Prophecy")

Anyone know of any others?


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons