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

[Steven Boozer]

As usual, thanks for looking these up in the paq'batlh for us.  A couple of notes for those keeping track:

{chal}  "heavens" (n)

First official use with this gloss, although others have used it so for years.  Cf. William Shatner's novel "The Ashes of Eden":  {Chalchaj 'qmey} [sic!] "The Children of Heaven" (i.e. "an archaic form of the sky's offspring").

{wutlh} "underground" (n)

First use anywhere in canon AFAIK.  Although Shatner used it in his novel as well:

  "This world is not {chalchaj}. It is {chalwutlh}. The underground, not heaven." (AOE)

{HopHa'}  (v)

  Daq HopHa'Daq  "not far away"

A new form.  Interesting use of {-Ha'}; I would have expected {Hopbe'}.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm at kth.se]
> 
> paq'batlh contains one use of {nej} which I find particularly
> interesting:
> 
> yor nej qeylIS mIn
> "Kahless looks up"
> [paq'batlh, paq'raD, Canto 18, Stanza 6]
> 
> Others are the one you mentions, as well as the following (// marks a
> line break):
> 
> chalDaq DapawmeH // wutlhDaq bInejnIS
> "To reach the heavens, // You must seek underground,"
> [paq'batlh, paq'yav, Canto 10, Stanza 7]
> 
> Daq HopHa'Daq // qa'chaj nejlI' // qotar qempa'QeH je
> "Not far away, // Kotar and his Qempa'keh, // Are in search for their
> souls."
> [paq'batlh, paq'raD, Canto 9, Stanza 1]
> 
> [[Re: Qempa'QeH - For those who do not recognize this term, these are
> described thusly in the book:
>   "The Qempa'keh (Qempa'QeH) are the enraged (QeH)
>    ancestral spirits (qempa') populating Gre'thor."
> Don't know if Okrand approved this footnote, but it seems safe to
> assume that he approved the word.
> It's always spelled with a capital Q at the beginning, by the way;
> uncertain if that's a mistake or not.]]
>
> ________________________________________
> From: [Voragh]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 16:14
> 
>> Klingon word: nej
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: look for, seek, search for
> 
> Qo'noSDaq boqwI'mey nejmeH je leng qeylIS 'ej chaHvaD lut ja'
> Kahless also went out to search For allies across Kronos, And told them
> his tale. [PB, paq'raD, Canto 7, Stanza 8]
>