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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, June 21, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: pov
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be excellent

  DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS 
  It [IKC Pagh] has the best weapons... S7
 
KGT 159-61:  The slang usage of {qu'} is currently extremely common among Klingons, and it has pretty much displaced another slang term with the same set of meanings (excellent, wonderful, etc.), {Huv} (literally, "be clear, not obstructed"), which was in vogue not all that long ago. The use of {Huv} for "excellent" is now considered old-fashioned. This is also the case with {nong} (passionate), an even older slang term for excellent. (As of this writing, the slang usage of {nong} seems to be making a comeback, but it is still too early to say whether this will really happen.) Nonslang verbs expressing similar ideas are {Dun} (be wonderful, great), {pov} (be excellent).

Similar words:

QaQ 		be good (v)


Don't confuse {pov} "be excellent" with the apparently unrelated noun {pov} "afternoon".

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons