[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Daw'
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Tue May 6 11:36:02 PDT 2014
>> lujang meQboghnom 'oH, yeqchuqchu'taHghach Daw' je joqwI'
>> They reply it is the {meQboghnom}, the banner of unity and
>> revolution. PB
SuStel:
> Notice the multiple suffixes preceding {-ghach}.
E pluribus unum!
> Notice also the use of {jang} as a verb of saying, whose
> object is third-person singular.
Here's the quote in context:
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
Another example from the paq'batlh:
nuH'e' qengbogh mangghomvam
luDel 'e' ra' molor
lujang maS'e' loQ So'be'bogh QIb lurur
Molor asks them
What weapons this army carries,
They reply, shaped as the crescent moon.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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