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Native Klingon speakers' misunderstandings
by James Landau 27 May '25

27 May '25

Hey-- I've been thinking about a page on the wiki that collects the misunderstandings and folk etymologies committed by Maltz and other native Klingon speakers. Examples: *HuS* is not used to mean "lynch" or "execute by hanging." That's a different word: *jIb*. (Maltz thought maybe an early form of torture or execution was hanging people by their hair, but he wasn't totally sure about this and may have just been reacting to the homophony.) (Marc Okrand to Lieven L. Litaer talking about the Hamletmachine, November 2019) *tera' qaw Ha'DIbaH* is "beef" (often shortened by leaving out *tera'*). (Maltz said he would have thought this referred to elephant meat, but...) (qepHom 2024, p. 33) On *Qajnav*: It is not explained whether the second part of this word is *nav* paper. (qep'a' 30) Sound good? What would we call this wiki page?

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Klingon Word of the Day: Se'mon
by Klingon Word of the Day 27 May '25

27 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Klingon word: Se'mon Part of speech: noun Definition: salmon Source: qepHom 2024 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: Qenvob
by Klingon Word of the Day 27 May '25

27 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, May 25, 2025 Klingon word: Qenvob Part of speech: noun Definition: ground-up, dried-up mixture for brewing tea, tea-brewing mixture Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: qulcher
by Klingon Word of the Day 27 May '25

27 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, May 24, 2025 Klingon word: qulcher Part of speech: noun Definition: cream Source: qep'a' 27 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: per naH
by Klingon Word of the Day 26 May '25

26 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, May 26, 2025 Klingon word: per naH Part of speech: noun Definition: pear Source: EuroTalk Talk Now Klingon This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tu
by James Landau 23 May '25

23 May '25

Pun: wang = close ONE eyetu = close TWO eyes >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 16:23:46 +0000 >From: Steven Boozer <sboozer(a)uchicago.edu> >To: "tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org" <tlhingan-hol(a)kli.org> >Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tu >Message-ID: > <SN7PR11MB8041F8500FD14C78AE84B70CC198A(a)SN7PR11MB8041.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> >>Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, May 23, 2025 >>Klingon word: tu >Part of speech: verb >Definition: blink >Source: qep'a' 27 [2020] >_______________________________________________ >>(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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Klingon Word of the Day: tu
by Klingon Word of the Day 23 May '25

23 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, May 23, 2025 Klingon word: tu Part of speech: verb Definition: blink Source: qep'a' 27 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: va'chum
by Klingon Word of the Day 22 May '25

22 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, May 22, 2025 Klingon word: va'chum Part of speech: noun Definition: sponge (for cleaning) Source: qepHom 2020 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: qul tlhay'moHwI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 21 May '25

21 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Klingon word: qul tlhay'moHwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: firefighter, lit. fire tamer (less frequent) Source: qepHom 2020 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: Du' naH
by Klingon Word of the Day 20 May '25

20 May '25

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Klingon word: Du' naH Part of speech: noun Definition: produce Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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