[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tu

[James Landau]

Pun:

wang = close ONE eyetu = close TWO eyes

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>Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 16:23:46 +0000
>From: Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
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>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tu
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>>Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, May 23, 2025
>>Klingon word: tu
>Part of speech: verb
>Definition: blink
>Source: qep'a' 27 [2020]
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>>(qep'a' 2020:  "blink" (involuntary); also {mInDu' yIv} (slang); [Q&A REQUEST]: "Rapidly close and open one or both eyes"; 
>                        an object. You say "my eyes blink". 
>>AFAIK not used in a sentence.
>>SEE:
>mIn         eye (n)
>>yIv          annoy, bother, irk, irritate (slang v)
>wang         wxnk (v) qep'a' 2020
>  -  (qep'a' 2020):  voluntary;  for twxtch, use {jergh} "spasm" 
  
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