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Verb
English: be honored
German: geehrt, ehrenswert
Source: TKD-A (184 KE, 188 EK)
KLCP Level: 1
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Notes
HolQeD 12:3, p. 8. "Maltz's Reward: Part II." quv is a sort of personal honor, the kind over which, by one's behavior, one has some control. This sort of honor is earned, can be bestowed on one, and is associated with reputation, dignity, and respect.
Noun
English: honor
German: Ehre
Source: TKD-A (184 KE, 188 EK)
KLCP Level: 2
See Also:
Notes
HolQeD 12:3, p. 8. "Maltz's Reward: Part II." quv is a sort of personal honor, the kind over which, by one's behavior, one has some control. This sort of honor is earned, can be bestowed on one, and is associated with reputation, dignity, and respect.
Usage for quv
bItuHlaHbe'chugh bIquvlaHbe'
If you cannot be shamed, you cannot be honored.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.57
quvwIj DatIchpu', tera'ngan.
You have insulted my honor, Terran.
Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon
pujwI' HIvlu'chugh quvbe'lu'.
There is no honor in attacking the weak.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.24
latlh De'/Additional Information

Though sometimes difficult to discern, it would appear that Klingons do have a sense of fair play. Worf quoted this aphorism to his son, Alexander, who had just bullied a group of children. Though phrased in presumably military terms, the ethic expressed by the saying runs throughout Klingon society.

When you insult a Klingon's honor, prepare for trouble.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.56
One does not achieve honor while acting dishonorably.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.55
latlh De'/Additional Information
Kurn, wanted to join the rebellion against Gowron, who was about to be installed as leader of the Klingon High Council. Gowron refused to overturn Worf's discommendation, the penalty of banishment and public disgrace accepted by the lieutenant commander after his unsuccessful challenge to the charge that his father was a traitor. Worf felt that Gowron was the only rightful leader of the Klingons and told his brother to support Gowron. "We can/ not regain honor by acting dishonorably," he said. Later, Kurn's intervention helped to turn away an attach on Gowron by followers of the family of Duras. To reward them, Gowron, now the leader of the Council, restored their family honor.
In war, there is nothing more honorable than victory.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.179
We thank you. Because you contribute money to us, you are very honored.
Type: sentence - Source: Pop Culture Hero Coalition
Only an enemy without honor refuses to show himself in battle.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.61
The Klingon who kills without showing his face has no honor.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.59
latlh De'/Additional Information
This is an adage about Klingon behavior cited by K'mpec, leader of the Klingon High Council, when he revealed to Picard that he had been poisoned. Worf took it one step further, assuming that, since no Klingon would behave in such a dishonorable fashion, the assassination could not have been carried out by a Klingon. "A Klingon would not use poison," he stated. "The murder would have no honor."
You dirty p'takh,
Your word means nothing to me,
Don’t speak to me of honor!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
I will show you strength,
I will show you blood,
I will show you honor!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Thousands followed him
To the edge of the city,
To bid him farewell.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
You did not raise me a coward,
I will prove it to you,
Go now, to Gre'thor*.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
To tell the Klingon tribes
their story of courage,
And honor.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
It would be an honor to eat twice here at your house, your honor. I am very hungry.
Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon
Your honor will be saved,
I will return to this house
Victorious! Victorious! Victorious!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
My son, I have failed,
I’ve raised you without honor,
Go now, leave me.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
You will not only keep poor souls
From entering the realm of the proud,
You will also welcome the honorable.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
Is there nobody in this hall
Prepared to die for the honor
Of your tribe and city?
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
The reason of my betrayal
Was my family honor,
I want to restore this honor.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Live the Klingon way,
History is written by the victors,
Celebrate death, for it is honorable.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: epilogue
Follow the honor in your spirit,
And if you should loose your way,
Remember the young warrior from the Saq'sub.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
At the centre of Sto-vo-kor,
The ancient hearts of honor and wisdom
Beat steady and strong.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
And so Kahless slew the tyrant Molor,
And taught the people the ways of honor
By his words and his honorable deeds.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
Gre'thor was now the home
Of the hearts of doubt and fear,
The place for the weak and dishonored.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
You are here for great deeds,
Your journey will not be forgotten,
Restore the honor of your father.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
With it, I restore pride and values
Of the Klingon Empire, for under Molor,
They have grown weak and faint.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
The dishonor of the father dishonors his sons and their sons for three generations.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.155
Kotar and Fek'lhr cooled their rage there,
Slaying spirits with no honor,
No honor, no hope, no future.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book
The honorable will be rewarded
After death chooses to bring them to you,
If you make it so, I accept.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
In one single move, he removed the hearts,
In one single move, he restored his honor,
In one single move, the battle was done.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Now, by the deeds of Kahless,
Every Klingon knows the ways of honor,
And teaches their children by this tale.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: epilogue
Sleep well, for it will be your last night,
Put on your finest armor,
For there is no honor in attacking the weak.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Did you think that my word of honor
Would have carried me this far?
Honor is for those with nothing to lose!
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
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