<div dir="auto"><div><div dir="auto">loScha'mey chu' vItu'ta'.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">=====================</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">buq'ach "trombone" - "sackbut" was the name of a Renaissance-era instrument similar to a trombone</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">chI "menstruate" - not a pun, per se, but perhaps supposed to be etymologically related to chI'ID "uterus"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">HommaH "appendix" - "bonus" ("bone + us")</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hovje'voH "evolution" - in the TNG episode "Evolution", nanites cause malfunctions in the Enterprise's computers, including playing Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever". ('ejvoH is already a "stars and stripes" pun, leading to the near-palindrome here.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ho'yI' "bow" - Houyi is the name of a mythological Chinese archer</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">jejSIp "acetylene" - "sharp + gas", perhaps an in-universe reference to its use in cutting metal</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">navSu' "key, legend" - backwards, "leg + end"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">rem'ay' "thoracic diaphragm" - the in-universe derivation might be "suck" + "part", since the diaphragm is needed to expand the lungs in order to make suction</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">targho'nI' "tungsten" - aka wolfram. The earliest etymology for the name "wolfram" is the Latin "lupi spuma", meaning "wolf's froth". Presumably on Qo'noS, targs are also noticeably frothy.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">tarngeb "uranium" - uranium naturally occurs in an ore called uraninite, once known as pitchblende. "Pitch" is also known as tar. "Blende" is another kind of ore also known as false galena. "Tar" + "false (galena)"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">tochmu' "bribe" - this one is a bit of a stretch, but here goes. "Grease someone's palm" is slang for offering a bribe. "Crease" sounds very similar to "grease". Possibly toch + (Da)mu' = tochmu'?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">va'chum "sponge" - backwards, sounds like "mooch off". "To mooch off of someone" and "to sponge off of someone" are both slang expressions for being lazy and taking advantage of others.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">'ebHIv "distilling apparatus" - "still" means both "distilling apparatus" and "not moving" (vIHbe')</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 1:18 AM Lieven L. Litaer <<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de">levinius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Due to the annoying {qoro'na javtIm} (yes, that's canon now), everything<br>
was different this year. Not only that we had to cancel the qepHom,<br>
there were also some delivery problems for our handouts which delayed<br>
everything. As we wanted to send it all at once to the students, the<br>
words from Maltz were also waiting in the package being sent.<br>
<br>
Today, with a delay of exactly four weeks, we are finally proud to have<br>
sent over 80 packages to the virtual qepHom attendees, and so we can<br>
also reveal the words from Maltz — and there are many!<br>
<br>
You can find a list of words at the page in the Klingon Language Wiki,<br>
and I'll forward the details on this list step by step when I get the<br>
time. If you have any questions, please tell me and I'll forward them to<br>
Maltz, through Marc Okrand of course. (He told me that due to the<br>
pandemic restrictions, Maltz isn't going away anyway, and he's angry<br>
about that because apparently, Klingons are immune to the disease. But<br>
Maltz is angry all the time anyway, so it's not much difference.)<br>
<br>
<a href="http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepHom2020" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepHom2020</a><br>
<br>
ber v. ovulate, undergo ovulation (i.e. the discharge of a mature ovum<br>
from the ovary)<br>
bertlham taymey n. epilogue<br>
bewSom n. mixture of ingredients that, after a bit of time, produces<br>
fermented HIq. Maltz thought that maybe this was shortened from<br>
something like bewSom roghmeH qegh pa' "vat for fermenting bewSom room"<br>
or "bewSom fermenting vat room", but he wasn't sure about that.<br>
bewSom pa' n. brewery [room]<br>
bewSom qach n. brewery [building]<br>
bI'reS taymey n. prologue<br>
buq'ach n. trombone-like Klingon instrument, so a Terran trombone<br>
would be a tera' buq'ach.<br>
chenHa' meyrI' v. fail to climax (slang), lit. "the square malforms"<br>
qul chenmoH v. light a fire, ignite fire<br>
chI v. menstruate, undergo menstruation<br>
chuv n. leftover (also used for money change)<br>
ghItlhwI' 'echlet n. chalk board, flip chart<br>
ghuch v. climax, is not heard as frequently as a couple of slang<br>
expressions: meQ (literally, "burn") and HutmaH chav (literally,<br>
"achieve 90").<br>
ghuj v. pivot, swivel [what the door knob does when you push it down]<br>
ghujmoH v. pivot, swivel [would you do to a door knob]<br>
HIjmeH 'ap n. fee paid when bringing certain commodities into a<br>
jurisdiction is<br>
HIjmeH 'ap pIn n. customs officer<br>
HIvje'He n. piano in a piano bar<br>
Hoq v. pull a child's wagon (by its handle) or for a train engine to<br>
pull the train along or to pull an electrical plug out of the wall.<br>
HommaH n. appendix (of a book)<br>
Hovje'voH n. evolution (Darwinian), technical or scientific term<br>
Evolution<br>
Ho'yI' n. bow (for arrows)<br>
HuqmeH 'ap n. excise tax, sales tax, VAT<br>
Hur v. pull, tug; refers to the action of pulling back the string of<br>
the bow but also to pulling the handle on a door to open or close the<br>
door or to pulling on someone's suspenders.<br>
HurDagh chuHwI' n. bow (for arrows) (not a Klingon device), lit.<br>
"stringed-instrument hurler"<br>
HurwI' n. bow (for arrows) (not a Klingon device) (short form)<br>
HutmaH n. sexual climax (slang), literally "90." Maltz didn't know how<br>
90 got to be associated with climaxing.<br>
jejSIp n. acetylene<br>
jIrmoH v. crank, can be used for turning a doorknob.<br>
lenmeS rop n. Lenmes disease, a native Klingon disease caused by a<br>
bacterium. Its symptoms include high fever, weakness, and perhaps<br>
abdominal pain, headaches, and a skin rash. medical terms<br>
maqDar n. mak'dar, Klingon insult cursing<br>
may'ron raS n. piano<br>
mutchoH n. evolution (Darwinian), less technical term Evolution<br>
namyaS n. hood (of a cloak, robe, sweatshirt, or whatever)<br>
navSu' n. key, legend (as on a map)<br>
ngutlh'a' n. upper-case letter<br>
paSta' n. Terran pasta, noodles, spaghetti. This is a Terran thing (or<br>
things), so they borrowed the word.<br>
pomtut n. battering ram<br>
pupHa' v. be approximate; If it's necessary to hedge one's bets<br>
adverbially, chaq "perhaps" and ghaytan "likely" are acceptable.<br>
pupqa' v. bribe (slang)<br>
qav n. Maltz didn't know what qav by itself was, but he said he<br>
wouldn't be surprised to learn that qav'ap was shortened from qavmeH 'ap<br>
or something like that at some point in the past.<br>
qeqchu' v. train really well, to work really hard at it and achieve<br>
intended goals<br>
qet'uy n. pine cone, something that grows on certain kinds of trees<br>
and looks much like a pine cone as seen on Earth. botany<br>
qoro'na javtIm n. corona virus medical terms<br>
qo'vID wa'maH Hut n. Covid 19 (SARS-CoV-2 disease) medical terms<br>
qul qaDwI' n. firefighter, lit. fire challenger fire<br>
qul QongmoHwI' n. firefighter, one who puts fires to sleep, but that's<br>
usually not applied until the fire is actually out. fire<br>
qul SuvwI' n. firefighter, lit. fire fighter, fire warrior fire<br>
qul tlhay'moHwI' n. firefighter, lit. fire tamer (less frequent) fire<br>
QongmoH v. extinguish fire, lit. put to sleep, cause to sleep fire<br>
rem'ay' n. diaphragm, thoracic diaphragm (body part) body parts<br>
Sor 'IventoH n. pine cone, lit. tree pineapple; the proper term is qet'uy.<br>
tab v. wane, ebb, dwindle (talking about phases of a moon), idiomatic<br>
usage: "not applying yourself fully to the task at hand"<br>
tabHa' v. wax (talking about phases of a moon)<br>
targho'nI' n. tungsten<br>
tarngeb n. uranium<br>
taymey n. section of a book or play or the like that's separate from<br>
the main portion of the work. taymey is a frozen form and is considered<br>
singular. It's okay to say taymeymey<br>
teywI' 'echlet n. chalkboard or whiteboard or any similar surface that<br>
can be erased and reused<br>
tochmu' n. bribe / normally used with the verb chup (recommend,<br>
suggest) and sometimes with much (present).<br>
tlham rI'gheS n. parachute, lit. gravity deflector. Apparatus that<br>
creates some sort of force field that counters gravity when descending.<br>
tlhay v. embalm; refers to infusing a dead body with some sort of<br>
fluid to preserve it (and thereby create a jItuj'ep mummy).<br>
tlho' Huch n. tip, lit. gratitude money; Maltz said the concept was weird.<br>
va'chum n. sponge (for cleaning)<br>
veqtal n. VeK'tal; The VeK'tal response is a measure of Klingon<br>
physiological condition<br>
vemmoH v. light a fire, lit. wake up, cause to wake up fire<br>
wejHa' adv. already, means something along the lines of "before now"<br>
or "as of now."<br>
woj tlhuD v. be radioactive, lit. "emit radiation"<br>
'alwI' n. floater, informal word for parachute, the old-fashioned<br>
contraption that resembles an umbrella<br>
'ap n. dues, toll<br>
'ebHIv n. apparatus used to distill various concoctions into an<br>
acceptable form of HIq<br>
'ebHIv pa' n. distillery [room]<br>
'ebHIv qach n. distillery [building]<br>
'ebraH n. climax (sexual)<br>
'o'nI' Sub n. solid foam (like styrofoam)<br>
'uch v. keep (in the combination of change)<br>
<br>
--<br>
Lieven L. Litaer<br>
aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"<br>
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