[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qoy'
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Tue Aug 8 07:20:51 PDT 2023
Klingon word: Qoy'
Part of speech: verb
Definition: spill
Source: qepHom 2018
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HIq vIQoy'moH(pu') jay'.
[untranslated] (Lieven < MO, qepHom 2018)
(Lieven < MO, qepHom 2018): It's used when the liquid slops over or out of whatever container it was in. If you bump into a glass of beer on the table and, as a result, the beer spills, then you can say {HIq vIQoy’moH(pu') jay'}.
SEE ALSO:
qang pour (from one container into another) (v)
lIch pour (into/onto anything) (v)
teb fill (v)
nIj leak (v)
SoD flood (v)
yIQ be wet (v)
bum absorb [liquid] (v)
Soy' be clumsy (v)
yepHa' be careless (v)
ngeQ bump/run into, collide with (v)
HIq liquor (beer, wine, ale) (n)
betgham liquid (state of matter) (n)
taS solution [liquid] (n)
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