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

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> BTW which sword was this?  Did Morath fling it into
> the volcano to keep Kahless from getting it?

It was their father's sword, which Morath had taken. [Not the same as qeylIS betleH, which was forged later.]

paq'batlh does not state exactly why he did it, but it appears to be based on Worf's retelling of a story in the TNG episode "Birthright, Part II": http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/243.txt

Worf:
Kahless held his father's lifeless body in his arms. He could not believe what his brother had done. Then his brother threw their father's sword into the sea, saying that if he could not possess it, neither would Kahless. That was the last time the brothers would speak.

Ba'el:
What happened to the sword?

Worf:
Kahless looked into the ocean and wept, for the sword was all he had left of his father... and the sea filled with his tears and flooded beyond the shore.
The people begged Kahless to stop his weeping, and he did... and walked into the water to find the lost sword.
He searched and searched the murky ocean bottom, holding his breath for three days and three night...

Toq:
That is impossible!

Worf:
For you, perhaps. Not for Kahless. He was a great warrior.

Toq:
You're making it up.

Worf:
These are our stories. They tell us who we are.


________________________________________
From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 19:07
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chuH

>>> Klingon word:   chuH
>>> Part of speech: verb
>>> Definition:  1) throw (a spear) at, hurl (a spear) at,

Voragh:
>> Related words:
>> jaD    throw around,  hurl about (v)
>> baQ    toss bat'leth from one hand to the other (v)


Felix Malmenbeck:
> paq'batlh contains no uses of chuH, but it does have a relevant passage:
>  [...]
> ghIq HoSHa'choHpu' moratlh
> QIStaq qul bIQtIqHomDaq
> 'etlhDaj vo' nuch
>
> And Morath's strength was gone,
> The coward threw his sword
> Into the fire streams of Kri'stak.


I might have expected {woD} "throw away" or {jaD} "throw around, hurl about" but as Okrand writes:

KGT 91:  Food that has decayed ... is food that has become inedible and must be thrown away, though it is sometimes given to animals. (Note that {Soj woD} ["He/she throws the food away"], which refers to a regrettable activity, is very different from {Soj jaD} ["He/she throws or hurls the food in the manner of a projectile"], which, under certain circumstances, is considered a reasonable pastime.)

Presumably {vo'} "propel" because Morath had to throw the sword out into the volcano with some force, but not because he considered it garbage to be discarded.  Interestingly, Okrand didn't use {polHa'} "discard" either.

BTW which sword was this?  Did Morath fling it into the volcano to keep Kahless from getting it?


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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