[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lInchuq

[qurgh lungqIj]

It's on the new words page for the qepHom 2016:
http://www.kli.org/activities/qepmey/qephommey/qephom-2016/

There are two words for "share." When A shares something (C) with B, the
verb to use is bon ("share with") and the construction is B-vaD C bon A
(with appropriate verb prefixes  depending on what A and C are). In this
case, C belongs to or is controlled by A and A chooses to share it with B.
When A and B share something with each other (share some gagh, say), the
verb to use is lIn ("share") and the construction is C lulIn A B je (or C
lIn A B je if C is plural, and, again, with appropriate verb prefixes). In
this case, the speaker is noncommittal about whether A or B is the one who
decided to do the sharing with the other.

There is an idiomatic expression: lInchuq "share each other."

This is not a euphemism, but Maltz admitted it's a little risqué. lInchuq
("they share each other") means that they (whoever is being talked about)
have a physical relationship of some sort. The phrase is general — it
doesn't imply anything about exactly what they do physically. It also
doesn't necessarily mean that they are doing something right now (at the
time of speaking).

The relationship could be relatively light (a little nibbling) or heavier
(really biting) or beyond (Maltz thought that Terrans might find that part
a bit risqué).

As with other verbs with -chuq, the prefix has to indicate a plural subject
and no object:

malInchuq
SulInchuq

qurgh

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Terrence Donnelly <
terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> What is the context of this word? I can't think of any use for it (or
> rather, nothing that isn't sexual).
>
> ter'eS
>
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> *Sent:* Monday, November 28, 2016 9:00 AM
> *Subject:* [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lInchuq
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 28, 2016
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> Klingon word: lInchuq
> Part of speech: phrase
> Definition: share each other
> Source: qepHom 2016
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