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

[Steven Boozer]

*{DevwI''a'} "director?" has also been used by the WRT Lawrence Schoen in the KLI's Friends of Maltz Certificate:  {tlhIngan Hol yejHaD DevwI''a'}.

FYI other examples of {-'a'} used WRT people/titles are:

Duy'a'  		ambassador
la''a'  		commandant
pIn'a'  		master 
SuvwI''a'  	great warrior
toy'wI''a'  	slave

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> 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").
> 
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>