[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ray tlhen (verb)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: ray tlhen
Part of speech: verb
Definition: make an r sound, trill
Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]
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(qep'a' 2023):  {Huy} (v, "hum") is used for a cat's purr. The trill sound is just {ray}, the word for the sound of Klingon /r/.  {ray tlhen} is "make an r sound, trill." 

(Lieven, qepHom 2018):  [{Huy}] can be used both for singing without words and for the sound a (not huge) engine makes. Used also for the sound of a cat: purr.

Cf.  http://klingon.wiki/En/Sounds

SEE:
ray  			/r/ sound (n) [i.e. Klingon name of the letter/glyph /r/ ]
tlhen  			sound as,  produce the sound of (v) (qep'a' 2021) 
  -  "Use with sound nouns." (qep'a' 2021). E.g.
bobDar tlhen 		(it) produces a splash sound (qep'a' 2021)
lu'lap tlhen 		(it) produces a beep noise (qep'a' 2021)
rIS tlhen 		(it) produces a click sound (qep'a' 2021)
SuqwIl tlhen 		(it) produces a hiss sound (qep'a' 2021)

SEE ALSO:
chuS 			be noisy (v)
qol 			pronounce (v)
ghugh 			vocalize (by animals) (v)
  -  "referring to sound emitted by an animal, but not speech" (qep'a' 2017)

ngutlh  			letter, written character, glyph (n) 
wab 			sound, noise (n)
ghogh 			voice (n)
QIch  			speech (i.e. vocal sounds) (n)
'Imyagh 		sound made by a {vIghro'} (n)
vIghro'  			*v'gro* (type of animal, like a cat) (n)

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