[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pun

Will Martin willmartin2 at mac.com
Tue Jul 13 04:18:11 PDT 2021


Is there a word in a pitched language like “hampoon” with a dropping tone or “poonham” with a rising tone?

charghwI’, retired 

> On Jul 12, 2021, at 10:49 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, July 10, 2021
> 
> Klingon word:    pun
> Part of speech:    verb
> Definition:    be low (in pitch)
> Source:    qepHom 2018
> _______________________________________________
> 
> AFAIK never used in a sentence.
> 
> (Lieven, qepHom 2018):  as in deep voice … These pitch words can also be used in music to talk about high and low tones.
> 
> SEE:
> Ham          be high (in pitch) (v) qepHom 2018 
> Hampun      yodel (v) (qep’a’ 2020)
>  - (qep’a’ 2020):  This is a two-syllable verb, and it’s slang
> 
> SEE ALSO:
> HaS        squeak (v)
>  - (Lieven, qepHom 2018): is not only for animals. It can also be used for the sound an old door or a wooden chest does when you open it, if it's a sort of high pitch.
> 
> wab        sound, noise (n)
> ghogh          voice (n)
> QIch        speech (vocal sounds) (n)
> bom        song/chant 
> 
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>    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen 
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