ghItlhpu' Voragh, jatlh:
N.B. do not confuse with the homonym {tey} "be uncomfortable, be close".
jangpu' nIqolay, jatlh:
Is this really a homonym? When the word was revealed, I got the impression
it was more of an idiomatic meaning of {tey} rather than a separate word.
I suppose the answer would lie in whether or not one can say ??{yay tey} "a close victory". jang je SuStel, jatlh:
It's probably a reference to shaving.
Perhaps, though I think more likely is the phrasal verb "scrape by". From Merriam-Webster: 1: to live with barely enough money; to be able to buy only the things most needed. Money was tight, but we somehow managed to scrape by. 2 : to succeed at doing something but just barely. He didn't study for the exam and just barely scraped by. QeS 'utlh