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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 26, 2015
> 
> Klingon word: mon
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: capital (of a place)

Quj wa'DIch juH qachmey mebpa'mey je qa' raQmey chu' monmey chu' je 
Custom OUTPOSTS and CAPITALS replace original Houses and Hotels. MKE

ngIq raQ - 200 QaS, mon - 200 QaS loS raQmey je 
Outposts cost 200 each; capitals, 200 each plus 4 outposts. MKE

wa'maH cha' monmey 
12 Capitals. MKE

KGT 10:  In some of the larger cities on Kronos, particularly the capital First City ({veng wa'Dich}), there are pockets of immigrants from these other planets who maintain their languages and customs but do so pretty much out of the hearing of the majority population.

TREK TRIVIA:
The Enterprise maintained synchronous orbit over Gideon's capital city. (TOS "The Mark of Gideon")

A dispute on Ventax II with a Klingon craftsman over the construction of a house was settled by an outside arbitrator because the case involved an alien culture. (TNG "Devil's Due') This may explain the somewhat Klingon appearance of the Ventaxian capital reminiscent of the First City on Kronos - i.e. several large (government?) buildings resembling step-pyramids.

SEE ALSO:
veng 			city (n)

N.B. do not confuse with the homophonous verb {mon} "smile, grin, sneer, snarl, smirk (etc.)".


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons