SuvwI'

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/ʂuv.wɪʔ/
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A person who fights, with especially strong associations in Klingon canon with courage, honor, and constant readiness for battle or death.
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Examples

  • reH Suvrup tlhIngan SuvwI'.
    A Klingon warrior is always prepared to fight.
  • yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI' Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw.
    The blood of battle perfectly cleans the warrior who is brave and loyal.
  • valqu' SuvwI'.
    The warrior is very smart.
  • wej Heghchugh vay', SuvtaH SuvwI'.
    A warrior fights to the death.
  • SuvwI' lulegh tera'ngan.
    The Terrans saw the warrior.

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Usage

Use SuvwI' for a warrior as a person. The nearby words mang and vaj refer instead to a soldier and to warriorhood or the ideal warrior.

Common mistakes

SuvwI'mey uses the general plural, but a warrior as a being capable of language normally takes -pu' in SuvwI'pu'.

Etymology

A transparent formation from Suv, "fight," and the agentive suffix -wI', "one who does," giving "one who fights."

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