[Tlhingan-hol] meQboghnom

[qurgh lungqIj]

It appears in the paq'batlh on page 139:

nIteb chegh molor ngIq ghoqwI'
   joqwI''e' cha'bogh qeylIS
   luDel 'e' ra' molor
lujang meQboghnom 'oH
   yeqchuqchu'taHghach
   Daw' je joqwI'

One by one Molor's scouts return,
   He asks them which banner
   Kahless marches under
They reply it is the meQboghnom*
   The banner of unity
   and revolution

* Kahless's meQboghnom, a name comprised from the roots "burn" (meQ), "to
be born" (bogh) and "fast" (nom) expresses his revolutionary intentions.

qurgh



On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> De'vID:
> > Quvar (Lieven) today pointed me at the word {meQboghnom}, which appears
> > in the {paq'batlh}.  It is said to be the name of Kahless'
> > banner of unity and revolution, under which his armies marched.
>
> Hmm... "burning + fast/quickly"??  Could this refer to the line from the
> Anthem:
>
>   Our lives burn short and bright
>
> which Okrand translated as:
>
>   nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'.
>
> For those with the {paq'batlh}, what's the context?
>
> > p.s. In the (non-canon) PC game Klingon Academy, General Chang (reprised
> > by Chris Plummer) refers to the Klingon trefoil as the {tIq'ghob}, or
> "the
> > Heart of Virtue, in the ancient tongue".[]
>
> Otherwise known in standard Klingon simply as {tlhIngan wo' Degh} "the
> symbol of the Klingon Empire:
>
>   tlhIngan wo' Degh 'oH Deghvam'e'
>   This marking represents the Klingon Empire. SP1
>
> SP1:  This marking represents the Klingon Empire and has been emblazoned
> upon the hulls of countless Klingon Starships. During the aggressive
> expansion of the Klingon people from their homeworld of Kronos into space,
> this symbol grew to become as feared throughout the galaxy as the menacing
> profiles of their battlecruisers.
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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