[Tlhingan-hol] janeway HoD

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon May 2 08:20:41 PDT 2016


From: mayqel qunenoS :
> balls ghajbej janeway !

Some vocabulary you may not be aware of: 

(KGT 10f.):  For example, {qajunpaQ} (courage, audacity) comes from *kajunpakt*, a word used in this sense but literally meaning something like "glowing lava" or "fiery lava" in a language originally spoken on Krios. In Klingon, it implies courage of a rather surprising or unexpected kind, perhaps even recklessness, as opposed to {toDuj} (courage, bravery), which is more neutral. Some Klingon speakers preserve the original pronunciation, though most fall into the more usual Klingon phonetic pattern. Probably very few Klingons are even vaguely aware of the original connection of {kajunpakt} with lava, glowing or otherwise. The Klingon word for lava, {vaHbo'}, has nothing to do with *kajunpakt*.


TKW 142:  The Klingon word {butlh} (dirt under fingernails) can be taken literally, but in this expression it means something like "effrontery, impudence, brazenness".

  butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo' 
  Admire the person with dirt under his fingernails. TKW



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Voragh
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