[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: van bom

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: van bom
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: anthem, hymn

KGT 77:  A {van boom}, literally "salute song" or "tribute song", is something like a hymn or anthem (indeed, "hymn" and "anthem" are common translations of {van boom}) in that it is sung at occasions where it is appropriate to express one's feelings of loyalty and dedication to someone or something. Most typically, a {van boom} praises the Klingon Empire itself, often invoking its founder, Kahless.

KGT 70-71:  Warriors have long celebrated great achievements and key events in song, reinforcing the importance of the accomplishments and actually reliving them while singing. Great deeds are "deeds worthy of song," as the Klingon leader Gowron once put it, and part of the appeal of engaging in battle is the prospect that, if the battle is a really good one, it will be fought over and over again in song.

KGT 77 (ill.):  Because of the feelings stirred by a {van boom}, the clerics of the monastery on Boreth created the clone of Kahless.

One of the best known is the {SuvwI' van boom} "The Warrior's Anthem" (i.e. {Qoy qeylIS puqloD}), the opening lines of which are discussed in detail in KGT 175f.

SEE ALSO:

matlh  	be loyal (v)

  qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan
   ghob potlhqu' 
  devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most
   important Klingon virtues. S13

  matlh SuvwI'pu' 
  Warriors are loyal. KGT

  yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI' Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw 
  The blood of battle washes clean the warrior brave
   and true. (Warrior's Anthem)

  yab matlh muvchuqghach Sorgh vay' 'e' vIbotjaj. 
  Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit
   impediments. (Sonnet 116)

van  		salute, tribute (n)
van  		salute, bow before (PB) (v)

  Hovmey Davan 
  You salute the stars. TKW

  qeylIS loDnI' 'opleS chovan 
  One day, brother Kahless, you will bow before me. (PB)

  vanchuq luqara' joH qeylIS je 
  Lady Lukara and Kahless, they said their goodbyes (PB)

  DoyIchlanDaq ghomchuqbogh tlhIngan Hol ghojwI'pu' - Savan!
   ([untranslated] MO qepHom 2013 greetings)


--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons