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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: nuQ
Part of speech: verb
Definition: annoy, bother
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reH muchmey chu'laH, mevlaH, 'ej chu'qa'laH lo'wI'.  malja' qeSmey, latlh nuQbogh lenmey tu'lu'be'. 
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(KGT 167):  This verb [{yIv}] literally means chew. In its slang sense, it is found in such constructions as {choyIv} (You bother me--literally, "You chew me") or {muyIv romuluS Ha'DIbaH} (The Romulan dog irks me; literally, "The Romulan animal chews me," where Romulan animal is a derogatory way to refer to a Romulan). The subject of {yIv} can be only a person or creature, not an inanimate object or a situation. Thus, it is inappropriate to say something like {muyIv 'Iw HIq bIr} (cold bloodwine chews me). Standard ways to express the same idea are {nuQ} (annoy, bother) and {berghmoH} (irritate).

SEE ALSO:
'Irgh 		bully, intimidate, pick on, harass (v)
mogh 		be frustrated (v)
bergh 		be irritated (v)
puQ 		be fed up  (v)
QeHchoH  	get angry (v)

TREK NOTES:
"Then study this:  Borg provokes Klingon; Klingon breaks Borg's nose." 
	[B'Ellana to Seven, VOY "Someone to Watch Over Me"]

               < Gul Dukat recording drones on under the dialogue > 
SISKO: 	You know, I never knew how much this man's voice annoyed me. [DS9 "Civil Defense"]

{chuSwI'}  "A rodent that mostly lives underground and makes an annoying noise." 
	[KEBH; first referenced in Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel "Enemy Territory"]

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons