In this commercial Klingon commander Gowron (as seen in
-- a Klingon Bird-of-Prey Christmas ornament. Gowron is played by Robert
O'Reilly, Crewman 1 by Guy Vardaman.
Gowron: Qapla'
Gowron: pIj maSuvpu' batlh maSuvpu' 'ej maQapbejta'
Gowron: vaj malopmeH tlhIHvaD nob SaSuqpu'
Gowron: tlhIngan toQDujHom 'oH
Crewman 1: toQDujna' rurchu'
Crewman 2: Qapqu' wovmoHbogh janHommey
Speaker: Hallmark introduces the exclusive Klingon keepsake ornament. Call
1-800-HALLMARK for a Gold Crown store near you.
Crewman 1: (peghmo' ... )
Crewman 2: HIja'
The last two lines are badly garbled. Whatever gibberish Crewman 2 is saying,
from the verb prefix wI- it should be a singular object noun, probably formed
from the verb tlho'
*tlho'meH nav/ghItlh
"The commercial switches to Federation Standard displaying the ship and giving
the sales pitch. After that we see the warriors speaking to one another as they
leave through the door. " (Glen Proechel)
Marc Okrand commented on the old MSN BBS (6/18/1997):
"I haven't seen the commercial in a while, but I don't think wov was used as
a noun there. Though the Klingons in the ad may have ad libbed a bit, the
phrase the one Klingon was supposed to say regarding the little lights in the
Bird of Prey ornament was wovmoHbogh janHommey. That is, 'little devices that
cause (something) to be light or bright' or 'little devices that brighten
(something)' or 'little devices that light (something) up' or the like. wov
is a verb 'be light, bright' followed by the suffix -moH 'cause' (thus,
'cause to be light')."
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