[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yap

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Klingon word: 	yap
Part of speech: 	verb
Definition: 	be enough, be sufficient
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yImev, yap! 
Stop!  It is enough! (KGT)

Suvlu'taHvIS yapbe' HoS neH 
Brute strength is not the most important asset in a fight. (TKW)

not yap wa’ Hol 
One language is never enough. 
(promo for "A Klingon Christmas Carol" [Okrand/KLI? 2009?])

QaQ qeylIS Duj / ghe'tor 'elmeH yapbe' may' 'e' Sovchu' 
Kahless knows by instinct a fight will not suffice to enter the land of the dead. (PB)

'Iw HIq yap tu'lu'be' 
Sufficient bloodwine does not exist. (qep'a' 2014 Secrecy Proverb)

(nIqolay Q, 9/01/2017):  If you want to convey the idea of "more than some amount" in a positive way, or at least a value-neutral way, you could try the new word {vey'}.  It was glossed as "be comfortable" at the qep'a', in the sense of "a comfortable income", but the core idea is "be more than enough, be more than is just sufficient". (The notes say it's similar to {yap}, which suggests it refers to the thing that one has a comfortable amount of, rather than, e.g., the person who has the comfortable life.)

SEE:
mevyap		"Stop, [it is] enough!" (excl)

(KGT 113):  This expression, usually considered a single word, is used as a command meaning "Stop! Cease!" It comes from two Klingon verbs, {mev} (stop, cease) and {yap} (be enough, be sufficient). No doubt in the past, the locution was longer, perhaps {yImev, yap!} ("Stop! It is enough!") …  {yap} (be enough) is used as if an exclamation or a single-word sentence meaning "It is enough". The two words have been used in juxtaposition ({mev, yap}) for so long, they have come to be accepted as a single, though grammatically peculiar, word. If the order of the components were reversed ({yapmev}), the utterance would be meaningless.

SEE ALSO:
'Iq 		be too many, too much (v)
puS 		be few (v)
law' 		be many (v)
Hutlh 		lack (v)
chuv 		be left over (v)

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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.