Klingon Word of the Day: qur'ep
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 15, 2025 Klingon word: qur'ep Part of speech: noun Definition: wig Source: qepHom 2018 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 15, 2025 Klingon word: qur'ep Part of speech: noun Definition: wig Source: qepHom 2018 _______________________________________________ AFAIK not used in a sentence. SEE ALSO: jIb hair on head (n) DaQ ponytail (n) quHvaj dandruff (n) chIp cut, trim (hair) (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Am 17.02.2025 um 16:58 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 15, 2025
Klingon word: qur'ep Part of speech: noun Definition: wig Source: qepHom 2018 _______________________________________________
AFAIK not used in a sentence. For thhose hunting for puns:
This is the German word for "wig" backwards: Perücke. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/Word/Kur-ep
On Monday, 17 February 2025 20:07:45 GMT Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
Am 17.02.2025 um 16:58 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 15, 2025
Klingon word: qur'ep Part of speech: noun Definition: wig Source: qepHom 2018 _______________________________________________
AFAIK not used in a sentence.
For thhose hunting for puns:
This is the German word for "wig" backwards: Perücke.
Perfectly English pun, a Peruke is a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries - basically the white powdered type that some judges still wear.
I wrote
This is the German word for "wig" backwards: Perücke.
Am 17.02.2025 um 21:39 schrieb Jeremy Silver via tlhIngan-Hol:
Perfectly English pun, a Peruke is a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries - basically the white powdered type that some judges still wear. Oh - great, learned something new today. Now I guess Okrand didn't think of the German word in first place. The words are obviously related, and my research showed they have the same origine, from middle French "perruque", from old Italian "parrucca".
Anyhow, a good way to remember, and still more obvious for Germans than for English speakers, since "Perücke" is a casual word even today. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/Word/Kur-ep
A peruke is also called a periwig in English. FYI the Russian words for wig and hairdresser are парик *parik* and парикмахер *parikmakher* which may have arrived in the early 18th century via German or Dutch. Tsar Peter the Great was responsible for the borrowing of many Dutch and German loanwords for military, naval and scientific matters -- not to mention forcing Russian noblemen (the boyars) to shave their beards and wear "civilized" Western European clothing -- in his rush to modernize the country. Voragh ----------------------------------------Original Message---------------------------------------- From: Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Monday, February 17, 2025 2:47 PM I wrote
This is the German word for "wig" backwards: Perücke.
Am 17.02.2025 um 21:39 schrieb Jeremy Silver via tlhIngan-Hol:
Perfectly English pun, a Peruke is a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries - basically the white powdered type that some judges still wear.
Oh - great, learned something new today. Now I guess Okrand didn't think of the German word in first place. The words are obviously related, and my research showed they have the same origine, from middle French "perruque", from old Italian "parrucca". Anyhow, a good way to remember, and still more obvious for Germans than for English speakers, since "Perücke" is a casual word even today.
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