[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'uch

[Lieven L. Litaer]

Am 09.06.2024 um 23:24 schrieb De'vID via tlhIngan-Hol:
> What does "keep (in the combination of change)" mean?

It's about money which you get back in a payment, to say the phrase "you
may keep the change".

Okrand explained:

"Change" in this sense is {chuv} "leftover." "Keep the change," said to
a merchant, for example, would be {chuvmey tI'uch} (or, if it made
sense, {chuv yI'uch}), literally "hold (on to) the leftover(s)!" (This
could be ambiguous in a restaurant, of course, so one should be certain
that context makes clear what is meant by {chuv}.)

(qepHom 2020, p. 26)

https://klingon.wiki/Word/-uch


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