[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh HutmaH chorgh: loD ghov 'eSSIm

[Steven Boozer]

Qov:
> jatlh loD, "Qa'bar 'oH pongwIj'e'." DaH ghovbej 'eSSIm. not
> qIHpu' 'ach noyba' tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu' qabDu'[280]. 
> ---
> [280] The word I really want is "member of the High Council" or
> "Council[l]or" but I need to use it succinctly, and a lot, so a

I've seen *{yejquv jeSwI'} used on the mailing list (coined by charghwI'?).  The late Glen Proechel used *{yejquv 'utlh}.

> convoluted explanation isn't useful. It was pointed out to me that
> the members were called "leaders" in a Skybox card, but it is
> occasionally confusing because he is not the Qang.

juHqo'Daq vaS'a' tu'lu'. ngoch luchermeH 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH pa' ghom tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'. 
On the Homeworld, there is a great hall where the leaders of the Klingon High Council meet to determine policy and decide upon the fate of the Empire. S25

Strictly speaking, *the* Leader of the High Council is the chancellor {Qang}:

DaH che' ghawran. yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD HoD. 
Gowron currently presides, named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25

Chancellor Gowron {ghawran Qang} was addressed as {DevwI'} by his weapons officer ChaqI in the KCD novelization:

  "{DevwI'}," she said. "The Tagana is prepared. We await your orders." (p.77)

  "No, {DevwI'}!" ChaqI said. (p.101)

If you need to make a distinction you can use {DevwI'pu'} for all the members collectively - maybe also *{DevwI'ghom}? - and for the Leader of the High Council try *{DevwI' quv} or *{DevwI''a'}.  Both methods have been used:

  ... the chef is the {vutwI'} ("cook"; in a large restaurant, the 
  head chef is referred to as the {vutwI' quv}, the "honored cook").
  [KGT 100f.; cf. also {la'quv} "Supreme Commander"]

  {Qun'a'} "great god" ({Qun} plus {-'a'}, the augmentative suffix)
  may or may not be an appropriate translation for a single super-
  natural being in a monotheistic system, since the {Qun'a'} would
  still be one among many."  [st.k 7/19/99]

Cf. also {quprIp} "council of elders" and {qup} "elder".  Ayelborne was the chairman (DevwI'?) of the village Council of Elders on Organia.  Kor asked if the Organian council was "the ruling council" (TOS "Errand of Mercy").


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons