vaj
[ vaj ] / [ vaj ]
Klingon letters:
vaj
vaj
Handwritten:
vaj
vaj
1. warrior, warriorhood
Source
Canon examples
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, printed in TKW p. 104)
2. thus, in that case, so, accordingly, then
Source
Canon examples
Then you have seen it? (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI'.
That means the Federation will be sending a rescue ship of its own. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
More Information
Regarding definition #1 – warrior, warriorhood:vaj refers more to the notion of warriorhood or the idea of being a warrior than it does to an individual warrior. [...]. Thus, Captain Klaa, [...] was not referring to his own courage or that of any specific warrior (which would have been, in all likelihood, SuvwI' toDuj, but rather to the kind of courage embodied in being a warrior. (KGT p. 50)This word resulted from an error in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. When the same phrase was used twice but with different subtitles, all of the words in that phrase got a new – second – meaning so that the grammar fits the translation. Read more about that sentence on the page ➞ Shooting space garbage... Compare: original version:
vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI'.
"That means the Federation will be sending a rescue ship of its own." adapted version:
vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI'.
"Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle." The originally provided translation of that second phrase can be found in the ST5-notes.
Whether this -Ha' can he added to all adverbials is not clear. The notes taken while working with Maltz indicate that he balked at vajHa' ("not thus") but accepted Do'Ha' "unfortunately." (HolQeD v4n4)
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Definition of {vaj}
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https://klingon.wiki/Word/Vaj
Retrieved 25 May 2022
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Retrieved 25 May 2022
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Category: noun / adverbial
Latest edit: 28 Sep 2021, by KlingonTeacher
Created: 11 Sep 2019, by KlingonTeacher
Latest edit: 28 Sep 2021, by KlingonTeacher
Created: 11 Sep 2019, by KlingonTeacher
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