[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yoymoH

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 10, 2025

Klingon word: yoymoH
Part of speech: verb
Definition: invert, turn upside-down, flip
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.  

(DevID, 2/10/2018):  And to the question of whether *{yoymoH} could be used for reversing a list, [Okrand] replied: "No. Use {DopmoH} 'cause to be opposite'." 

yoy  		be upside down (v)
yoymoHwI'  	inverter (device) (n)

SEE ALSO:
Dop 		be opposite, antithetical, contradictory (v)
chong 		be vertical (v)
SaS 		be horizontal (v)
taH 		be at a negative angle (v)
tom 		be tilted (v)
qaw' 		tip, flip over (v)

paSlogh tuQ DaS 	be inside-out (phrase)
  - "Maltz thought there might be a single word for this, but he could only remember this commonly used idiom.  In usage, this might be preceded by something like {ghIH wep} (or {Soy' wep}) 'the shirt is sloppy/disheveled'" (qep'a 2021)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons