Klingon Word of the Day: rol
Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, December 16, 2021 Klingon word: rol Part of speech: noun Definition: beard Source: TKD (106 KE, 121 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: rol Part of speech: noun Definition: beard _______________________________________________ toDuj 'oS rol A beard is a symbol of courage. (TKW) molor rol chIpchu' qeylIS 'ej teq Kahless cut off Molor’s beard (PB) (TKW 85): Fighting in such close proximity to one another, a beard may be thought of by some as a disadvantage since one of the combatants may grab onto the beard of the other and draw him closer. To wear a beard, and long hair for that matter, shows that one is both brave and confident--willing to give the opponent the upper hand, and secure that one’s own skills are superior. (qurgh, 7/28/2017 < qep’a’ 2017): I asked [Okrand] about {jIb}, {pob}, {loch} and {rol} after there was a conversation about it in the Learn Klingon Facebook group. {jIb} is only hair on the top of your head, {loch} is the hair on your upper lip, {rol} is the hair on your face that covers you chin/neck area, and {pob} is hair from the neck down. Arm hair is {DeS pob}. The words cover both the hair and the entire construction, so {rol} refers to a beard as well as the hair that makes up the beard. However, ear hair or nose hair is talked about using {pob}, and {pob} can be used to talk about face hair or head hair but it would be considered very strange to do so. SEE: rol taj razor (n) {TNK] SEE ALSO: Huy' eyebrow (n) chIp cut, trim (hair) (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.
There is a note from Alice in Wonderland, which describes growing a mustache, but it's probably also useful for referring to beards and other forms of hair, too: ----------- And for "grow" as in "grow a mustache," make use of {nargh}, as in {nargh lochwIj} "I'm growing a mustache." (To indicate that you're doing it on purpose, you could say {nargh lochwIj 'e' vIchaw'} "I'm letting my mustache grow" or something similar.) (Source: QelIS boQHarmey, English Kindle version, page 205; described as "From the hand of Marc Okrand, edited by Lieven L. Litaer") ------------ //loghaD ________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 4:49:17 PM To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rol Klingon word: rol Part of speech: noun Definition: beard _______________________________________________ toDuj 'oS rol A beard is a symbol of courage. (TKW) molor rol chIpchu' qeylIS 'ej teq Kahless cut off Molor’s beard (PB) (TKW 85): Fighting in such close proximity to one another, a beard may be thought of by some as a disadvantage since one of the combatants may grab onto the beard of the other and draw him closer. To wear a beard, and long hair for that matter, shows that one is both brave and confident--willing to give the opponent the upper hand, and secure that one’s own skills are superior. (qurgh, 7/28/2017 < qep’a’ 2017): I asked [Okrand] about {jIb}, {pob}, {loch} and {rol} after there was a conversation about it in the Learn Klingon Facebook group. {jIb} is only hair on the top of your head, {loch} is the hair on your upper lip, {rol} is the hair on your face that covers you chin/neck area, and {pob} is hair from the neck down. Arm hair is {DeS pob}. The words cover both the hair and the entire construction, so {rol} refers to a beard as well as the hair that makes up the beard. However, ear hair or nose hair is talked about using {pob}, and {pob} can be used to talk about face hair or head hair but it would be considered very strange to do so. SEE: rol taj razor (n) {TNK] SEE ALSO: Huy' eyebrow (n) chIp cut, trim (hair) (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files. _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org
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