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

[Gaerfindel]

On 12/17/2014 10:13 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 17, 2014
>>
>> Klingon word: qI'
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: sign (a treaty)
>> Source: TKD
> KGT 121f.:  The idiom {bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'} ("The sword is in the ocean") is used to mean that something has ended, that it is impossible to return to a prior condition, just as Kahless and Morath never spoke to each other again. The expression might be used, for example, in reference to a treaty that was just signed, suggesting that a former state of antagonism has ended forever.

I like how {'oHtaH} implies that "the sword is in the ocean...and 
*continues* to be."

> SEE ALSO:
> mab 		treaty (n)
> rom 		accord (n)

{mab} is likely a reference to Queen Mab of the faeries, who are known 
in story to make bargains with mortals (which often don't turn well for 
the mortals).


~quljIb