1 Feb
2022
1 Feb
'22
12:16 p.m.
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 18:03, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon word: 'umyotlh Part of speech: noun Definition: profit Source: qep'a' 28 [2021] _______________________________________________
(qep’a’ 2021): this is strictly in the monetary sense, not general advantage or benefit
If there's a pun I'm not seeing it: {'um} "be qualified" + {yotlh} "field (of land)"?
Maybe someone who is qualified is a "pro", and a field is where someone keeps "fit"? ({yotlh} also means a recreational field, as in park.) Or maybe it's backwards of *{tlhoy mu'} "excessively word"... -- De'vID