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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 26, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: qup
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: elder


chay' 'etlh DoQ nuch 
  QongtaHbogh qup 'etlh nIH 
How does a coward claim a sword? 
  By taking it from his sleeping father. PB

ghaH rI' 'ej quvmoH qanra' qamchIy qup'a' 
He is welcomed by Kahnrah, patriarch of Qam-Chee. PB

CULTURAL NOTES:

KGT 133:  Klingons revere their ancestors, respect their elders, and have unparalleled veneration for heritage. [...] Younger Klingons, while accepting their heritage and observing the ancient rites, see some aspects of their elders' behavior and beliefs as, if not obsolete, then just old-fashioned.

KGT 35:  Younger Klingons describe some of the vocabulary used by their elders as {mu'mey Doy'} ("tired words")...

KGT 90:  As he describes the thrill of his first hunt, Toq (Sterling Macer) reminds his elders of what it is to be Klingon." 

PUN: 
{puq} "child" backwards

SEE:
quprIp 	Council of Elders (n)
qup'a'  	patriarch (n)

SEE ALSO:
qan 		be old (v)
qanwI' 	[old person] (n)

nIv 		be superior (v)
moch 		superior (n)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons