On 8/12/2019 3:33 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
Klingon word: tuQHa'moH
Part of speech: verb
Definition: undress
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(HQ 2.4):  {qogh} "ear", of course is homophonous with {qogh}, "belt" ... This homophony explains why the Klingon slang expression {qogh tuQmoHHa'}, literally "take off one's belt" is used to mean to not hear, for example, {qogh vItuQmoHHa'pu'} "I've taken off my belt; your secret is safe with me."

The slang expression is, of course, bizarre: -Ha' is not in its correct position, and the object of the verb is not predictable by either the Klingon grammar (I cause the belt to un-wear) or the given English definition of tuQHa'moH (I undress the belt). The best I can guess is that ghaHvaD qogh vItuQHa'moH would mean I take the belt off of him (I cause him to un-wear the belt). Maybe the indirect object has been elided without explanation. Whether qogh tuQmoHHa' can get away with what it does as a result of slang or error or both, I can't say.

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