Qapla'

== English == === Alternative forms === Qapla === Etymology === Borrowed from Klingon Qapla' (“success”). === Pronunciation === English: IPA(key): /kɑˈplɑʔ/, IPA(key): /kæpˈlæʔ/ Klingon: IPA(key): /q͡χɑpʰˈlɑʔ/ (vanishingly rare in English-language contexts) === Interjection === Qapla' A phrase said to wish somebody good fortune, particularly fortune in some form of honourable battle. 2004, Jacqueline Guest, Racing Fear, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, 5: Thank you for all the years of patiently being there, especially on those dark and stormy nights when things detonated unexpectedly and I needed rescuing yet again. Qapla'! 2004, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady, Team America: World Police, Paramount Pictures Sean Penn: Qapla’!