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