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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   Suy
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     merchant

Used in canon:

  Suy SoH 
  You are a merchant. KGT

Does {Suy} appear in the {paq'batlh}?


KGT 196:  Mistakenly calling someone a {Suy} (merchant) when the intent is to be insulting and call him or her a {Suy'} [*shooy*, a type of animal] will have the effect of making the speaker appear to be foolish and, therefore, weak and hardly in a position to be ridiculing someone else. Furthermore, the speaker may inadvertently offend a nearby merchant.


  bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh 
  Buy or die.

"This is a common saying among Klingon merchants, usually uttered when customers are in the store comparing products or sampling the available goods, but not purchasing anything. Tellingly, there is no known Klingon word for "browse," at least as applied to matters of commerce. Klingon shops do not have windows, but doing the in-store equivalent of window-shopping appears to be a bad idea." (TKW 213)

Trek trivia:

"I am Spock, a dealer in kevoss and trillium." (TOS "Errand of Mercy" [CC])

"He is a Vulcanian merchant, mainly concerned with how he will carry on business under our occupation." (Klingon guard, TOS "Errand of Mercy")

Related words:

SuyDuj  	merchant ship (n)

malja' 	business (n)
  malja' Huq  "transact business" (phrase)

mech 	trade (v),
tam 		exchange (v)
tlhong 	barter, bargain (v)
je' 		buy, purchase (v)
ngev 	sell (v)
DIl 		pay for (v)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons