[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vung

[mayqel qunenoS]

po'wI' jIHbe'mo', ram vuDwIj..

'a {vungwI'} vilaD net jalchugh, vaj "hurricaner" vIyaj. "hurricane"
vIyajbe'..

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On Sep 29, 2017 19:25, "nIqolay Q" <niqolay0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a question: Since the implied subject of weather words is usually
> *muD* (or sometimes maybe *chal* for precipitation and the like), how
> would you all interpret *vungwI'*?
> Would you read it as the noun "hurricane", as in the part of the
> atmosphere that's hurricaning, considered as a single system? (So you could
> perhaps say something like *FloridaDaq ghoSlI' 'Irma' vungwI'* *"Hurricane
> Irma is approaching Florida"*, with the assumption that "hurricane" is
> treated like a rank or title.)
> Or would it be taken to mean something less specific or useful, like "the
> atmosphere as a whole, which happens to be hurricaning somewhere", assuming
> it means anything at all?
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Klingon word: vung
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: cyclone, hurricane
>> Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> "storm like a hurricane/cyclone"
>>
>> SEE ALSO:
>> jev             storm (v)
>> SIS             rain (v)
>> cheq            storm like a tornado, tornado (v)
>> ver             be spiral (v)
>>
>> (qurgh < MO, qep'a' 2017):  You can also say {ver SuS'a'} "a tornado
>> happens" (literally: "the big wind spirals").  {ver SuS} (or {ver SuSHom})
>> would most likely refer to a whirlwind.
>>
>> --
>> Voragh
>> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>>
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