[Tlhingan-hol] qa'vam?

[qurgh lungqIj]

De'vam DangeHmo', qatlho'. mu'ghomwIjvaD vIchel.

qurgh

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> *{qa'vam}*       Genesis (planet) (GN):
>
> *  qa'vam De' vIje' rIntaH *
>
>   I have purchased the Genesis Data. ST3
>
> *  qa'vam yuQ Quv DaghojmeH Duyma'vaD yIjatlh. *
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>   [*To learn the Genesis Planet's coordinates, speak to our agent*.] (ST3
> DVD case)
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> *{qa'vam jan}*    the  Genesis Device (n):
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> *  qa'vam jan SeH DIvI'. *
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>   [*The Federation controls the Genesis Device*.] (ST3 DVD case)
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>  *qa'vam jan yISuq. *
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>   [*Acquire the Genesis Device*!] (ST3 DVD case)
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>
> Okrand expanded on {qa’vam} back in March:
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>    The Big Bang - meaning the start of the universe - is, as you
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>    once hypothesized, {*qa'vam}*, the word used by Klingons for the
>
>    Genesis device. {*qa'vam}* is perhaps best defined as "origin of
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>    everything" or "start of it all" or the like. Maltz said you
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>    could say {*qa'vam nger}* "Big Bang Theory," but he thought that
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>    was weird - the start of it all isn't a theory, he said - it's
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>    just the start of it all. If one thinks the start of it all was
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>    a big explosion and that's a theory, then {*qa'vam nger}* could
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>    mean "the theory of how everything began," but the Klingon phrase
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>    doesn't contain the notion of explosion. For the TV Show – whether
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>    to translate it or use the English - that's up to you.
>
>     (MO to De'vID, 3/2015 [FOTSN/FFN])
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> *From:* qurgh lungqIj [mailto:qurgh at wizage.net]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 10, 2015 9:10 AM
>
> Isn't {qa'vam} the name of the Device from Star Trek III?
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> We don't really know much beyond that, so I'd have a hard time using it as
> anything than a proper noun. It could mean anything, like maybe "planet
> destroying", since the Klingons saw it as a potential weapon and less so as
> a life creating device.
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> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> How would y'all use {qa'vam}?
>
> Can I use it as a time stamp?
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>
> ~naHQun
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