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[ ɖun ]
Verb

English: be wonderful, be great

German: wunderbar, großartig, bewundernswert

Spanish: ser maravilloso, genial

Source: TKD (85 KE, 135 EK, 161 EK)

KLCP Level: 2

Usage for Dun
ta'mey
ta' (n) emperor
-mey (ns2) plural for general
ta' (n) deed, accomplishment
Dun,
Dun (v) be wonderful, be great
bommey
bom (n) song, chant
-mey (ns2) plural for general
Dun.
Dun (v) be wonderful, be great

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.

qIbDaq
qIb (n) galaxy
-Daq (ns5) locative
Daq (n) site, location, place
SuvwI''e'
SuvwI' (n) warrior
-'e' (ns5) topic
Suv (v) fight
-wI' (vs9) one who does, thing which does
SoH
SoH (pronoun) you
Dun
Dun (v) be wonderful, be great
law'
law' (v) be many, be numerous
Hoch
Hoch (n) everyone, all, everything
Dun
Dun (v) be wonderful, be great
puS
puS (v) be few, be several, be a handful
puS (v) sight (with gunsight)

... you would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy.

Type: sentence - Source: Star Trek: The Final Frontier

che'taHvIS
che' (v) rule, reign, run, preside
-taH (vs7) continuous
-vIS (vs9) while
val
val (v) be clever, be smart, be intelligent
qeylIS
qeylIS (pn) Kahless
'ej
'ej (conj) and (joining sentences)
yoH
yoH (v) be brave

Qapqa'
Qap (v) work, function, succeed, win
-qa' (vs3) again
Qap (v) operate, be in operation
tlhIngan
tlhIngan (n) Klingon
tuqmey
tuq (n) tribe, house, ancestral unit
-mey (ns2) plural for general

'ej
'ej (conj) and (joining sentences)
yaymey
yay (n) sketch, doodle
-mey (ns2) plural for general
yay (n) victory, triumph
Dun
Dun (v) be wonderful, be great
chav
chav (n) achievement
chav (n) function (mathematics)
chav (v) achieve

The Klingon tribes flourished once more,
And many great victories were made
During Kahless’s reign of wisdom and bravery.

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

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