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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2013
> 
> Klingon word: vIq
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: battle, combat (abstract)

   Chance 'echletHommey Community Chest 'echletHommey je qa' quv 'echletHommey vIq 'echletHommey je 
   COMBAT and HONOR cards replace Chance and Community Chest cards. MKE

   wa'maH jav vIq 'echletHommey 
  16 COMBAT cards. MKE

KGT 47:  In parallel fashion, any specific battle is {may'}, but the concept of battle is {vIq}, often translated as "combat" ... In short, the nouns {veS} (war, warfare) and {vIq} (combat) and the verb {Qoj} (wage war) all are used to refer to the ideas of warfare, combat, and making war, while the nouns {noH} (war) and {may'} (battle) and the verbs {ghob} (make war, do battle) and {Suv} (fight) are used when referring to specific, concrete instances of war, battle, and fighting. Thus it is possible to say ... {may' ghob} or {may' Suv}, meaning "He/she fights a battle", but it is not normally acceptable to say ... *{vIq Suv} ("He/she fights a combat").

 PUN: 
Actor Vic Morrow starred in the 1960s TV series "Combat".

Similar words:

yol 	conflict (n)
Seng 	trouble (n)

Suv 	fight (v)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons