[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: la'quv

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 19, 2012
> 
> Klingon word:   la'quv
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     Supreme Commander

AFAIK {la'quv} has never been used in a sentence, but see:

  ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla' 
  The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer. TKD

KGT 52:  The highest military officer, the head of the Klingon High Command, is the {la'quv}, usually translated Supreme Commander. There are nine ranks of officers ({yaSpu'}) serving under the {la'quv}, and below them are the troops ({QaS}), including some with titles.

KGT 126:  In Shakespeare's original Klingon version of {HenrI' vagh}, known in Federation Standard as Henry V, {HenrI'}, the Supreme Commander, gets into an argument with one of his troops the night before a great battle.

Related nouns:
la' 		commander
jaghla' 	enemy commander


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons