[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: teybe'
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon Jun 5 08:45:29 PDT 2023
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, June 05, 2023
Klingon word: teybe'
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be comfortable, be easy
Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
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(qep'a' 2017): for the sense of being not close or having wiggle room or leeway (e.g. a comfortable distance away [from something] or a comfortable victory)
SEE:
tey be uncomfortable, close (v)
- (qep'a' 2017): for the sense of being close or not having wiggle room or leeway (If you were victorious, but just barely made it at the last minute or something like that, you could say {tey yay}.)
tey scrape (v)
SEE ALSO:
chur be uncomfortable (v)
churHa' be comfortable (v)
- (qep'a' 2017): because of clothes, room temperature, etc. (involved with physical unpleasantness)
jot be calm (v)
jotHa' be uneasy (v)
bIt be nervous, uneasy (v)
bergh be irritable (v)
boH be impatient (v)
CULTURE NOTES:
(CK): No matter where you stay the accommodations will be stark compared to what you are used to. Klingons are predisposed to rejecting anything whose sole function is physical comfort. They will, however, make some concessions for visitors.
--
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.
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