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

[Steven Boozer]

> > Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, October 29, 2015
> >
> > Klingon word: lInDab
> > Part of speech: noun
> > Definition: espionage
> > Source: TKD

AFAIK Okrand has never used {lInDab} in a sentence.

(HQ 12.3:8):  a delegate to the Klingon Empire could well be described as a {Duy quv} "honored emissary", but if it turned out that he or she was a spy, the phrase {Duy HoQ} "falsely honored emissary" would be appropriate.

MO to 'ISqu' (1/02/2012):  For double agent, Maltz liked the slang expression {jey'naS ghoqwI'} (literally, "double-headed ax spy"). He said the non-slang term {'o'wen} could also be used for "double agent," but its meaning is a bit broader -- it's used to refer to someone (or something) of ambiguous status. As Maltz put it, "You're not quite sure if it's this or that. You think it's one thing, and it may be, but it may be another.

TREK TRIVIA:

Klingon Special Occupation Order No. 4 requires that 200 local hostages be killed every two hours until a spy/saboteur is given up. (TOS "Errand of Mercy")

AYELBORNE: "What are you going to do with him, Commander?"
KOR:       "What is always done with spies and saboteurs. He will be killed,
            after he has had first-hand experience of our mind scanner."
             (TOS "Errand of Mercy")

SEE ALSO:

ghoqwI' 	spy (n)
ghoq 		spy (v)

  nIteb chegh molor ngIq ghoqwI' 
  One by one Molor's scouts return PB

Daq 		eavesdrop (v)

  lojmIt poSDaq Daq pagh 
  No one eavesdrops at an open door. PK

  bIDaqchu' 'ej jagh De' lI' DaSuq 
  Intercept useful enemy information. MKE
 


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons