[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rutlh

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, July 29, 2023

Klingon word: rutlh
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be round
Source: qepHom 2018
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(qepHom 2018):  be round (like a circle) 

‘Ib rutlh 
bucket (qep’a’ 2019)

(qep’a’ 2019):  Typically, a {HaySIn} [bucket] is round (it could be a {'Ib rutlh}) and portable (so it's not a {qegh}). 

SEE:
rutlh  			wheel (n)

(Lieven, 11/16/2014 < qepHom 2014):  And a [computer] mouse is a {'eQway'} ... If the {'eQway'} has a wheel, that's a {rutlhHom}.  To "click" one of the buttons is to {'uy} "press down" (even though the action is really to press down and then release).

pumDI' rutlh 
when the wheel falls  (st.k 11/1999)
[i.e. "by that time", "by then" (idiom)]

Ho’ rutlh 		cog/sprocket wheel (n)
wa’ rutlh qam Do Duj 	unicycle (n)
cha' rutlh puH Duj 	motorcycle (n)

SEE ALSO:
Qung 			be rounded, blunt (v)
‘ob 			be curved (v)
gho 			circle, hoop (n)

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