So far as we know, {chIp} only applies to hair cutting, at least when speaking literally, since that's what TKD says. There are not a lot of examples, as there are for {pe'}, and examples to me are more useful than glosses, disambiguated or otherwise. And those are not the only types of cutting, because there are also {DuQ} and {SIj}, and {chev}, {wav}, and even {chop} could conceivably be used to describe cutting, and probably a few other words as well.jIjatlh:latlh DochvaD mu' chIp Dalo'chugh, bISorHa'. much qonlu'DI' 'a lablu'pa', chaq ngajmoH muchwI'qoq.In my haste, I mistakenly wrote muchwI'qoq, not chIpwI'qoq as intended. SuStel's example of {much} as something one presumably could not {chIp} made me think of editing. And if Klingons who produce recorded entertainment refer metaphorically to an editor as {chIpwI'}, they might also use {jIb} as slang for the recorded material. (All of this is nothing but bemused speculation, in case anyone thought I was making a pronouncement about what Klingons would do.)
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