[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: quy'Ip

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 	quy'Ip
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	vomit
Source: 	HQ v12n4 p.8
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(HQ 12.4:8):  When air (or gas) from the stomach [{burgh}] works its way up and comes out of the mouth (often noisily), one is said to {ruq} "belch". Maltz said it is acceptable to refer to this gas as {SIp}, a general word for gas of any kind, but that gas produced within the body is known as {Qep'It}. When, rather than gas, undigested or partially digested food comes up, one is said to {'em}, vomit, and the matter being vomited, that is, vomit, us called {quy'Ip}  …  (Maltz was quite amused when he realized that the Klingon word {rech} "exhale" sounded like the English word retch – that is, vomit – but he couldn't explain why he thought it was so funny.)

PUN:  "puke" - pronounced /p(i)yook/ - backwards

TREK NOTES:
  Because Klingons have redundant stomachs they rarely get nauseous.. (VOY "Macrocosm")

SEE ALSO:
ghup 		swallow (v)
rID 		digest (v)
bor 		gurgle (v)
rop 		be sick, ill (v)

burgh 		stomach (the organ) (n)
poq 		indigestion (n)

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey 
    or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.