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Verb

English: sing, chant

German: singen

Japanese: 歌ううたう

Source: KGT (212 KE, 237 EK, 257 EK)

Category: music

KLCP Level: 3

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Notes

Also in "Okrand's Notes" in HolQeD 2:4 p. 17.KGT p. 71. The Klingon word for music is QoQ. This refers to any music,local or instrumental or both together. A song is a bom, and to sing a songis likewise bom. The set of lyrics to a song is termed bom mu' (literally,"song word" or "song words"). The word for "perform music," whetherinstrumental or vocal and instrumental together, is much, which in othercontexts means "present," as an "present a gift" to someone. A musician is amuchwI' (literally, "one who performs music"); a singer is a bomwI' ("onewho sings").

Noun

English: song, chant

German: Lied

Japanese: うた

Source: KGT (212 KE, 237 EK, 257 EK)

Category: music

KLCP Level: 3

See Also:
Notes

Also in "Okrand's Notes" in HolQeD 2:4 p. 17.KGT p. 71. The Klingon word for music is QoQ. This refers to any music,local or instrumental or both together. A song is a bom, and to sing a songis likewise bom. The set of lyrics to a song is termed bom mu' (literally,"song word" or "song words"). The word for "perform music," whetherinstrumental or vocal and instrumental together, is much, which in othercontexts means "present," as an "present a gift" to someone. A musician is amuchwI' (literally, "one who performs music"); a singer is a bomwI' ("onewho sings").

Usage for bom

'oj; bomwI' rur

thirsty as a singer

Type: simile - Source: KGT

may' bom pIm bom

sing a different battle song

Type: idiom - Source: KGT

latlh De'/Additional Information

speak of another matter entirely:

{DaH may' bom pIm Dabom.}
Well, that's another matter altogether.

bomDI' 'IwwIj qaqaw

The memory of you sings in my blood.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

This is a line excerpted from a Klingon poem. Poetry plays a prominent role in Klingon mating behavior. The female typically roars, throws heavy objects, and claws at her partner. The male reads love poetry and, as Worf put it, "ducks a lot." This particular line is interesting because it reinforces the importance of song as a memory-triggering device. The literal, though less poetic, translation of the line is "When my blood sings, I remember you." Presumably the blood's song concerns the beloved individual.

Great deeds, great songs.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

Though the subtleties of Klingon music are not often appreciated by non-Klingons, songs are a very important part of Klingon culture, for it is through song that much history---both political and personal---is preserved. Great accomplishments are commonly immortalized in song, as are Klingon attitudes. Because songs are repeated, the same way proverbs are repeated, they help to preserve tradition as well as to teach the young. The singing of a song typically marks an occasion as momentous. Appropriately, Gowron tried to get Worf to join his cause by referring to this element of Klingon culture: "We will do great deeds in the coming days, deeds worthy of song." Klingons are also well known for their extensive collection of drinking songs.

Upon reaching the upper world,
No one could speak of anything,
But the deeds of Kahless and his kin.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

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