Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qepHom 2023 new words: {mew'}
I believe it is. The ending {-ew} isn’t that common either. I could only find six examples (not counting compounds/noun phrases): ghew bug, cootie, insect (n) Hew statue (n) yelvew texture (n) lew bloom (v) qew use the third (ring) finger (v) wew glow (v) -- Voragh From: Michael Kúnin via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 10:43 AM Is this the first canon word ending in {-ew'}?
Am 20.11.2023 um 17:43 schrieb Michael Kúnin via tlhIngan-Hol:
Is this the first canon word ending in {-ew'}?
I just checked and noticed: Yes, that's true. I found no other word ending with -ew'. That's very interesting indeed. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://www.tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/Word/Mew-
Is there any context for {mew'} "cope (with)"? Perhaps cope emotionally? IIRC Worf was having trouble coping with Jadzia's death while at the same time dealing with Ezri's presence on DS9. (As a counselor no less!) We already have the verbs {bam} “face, have the prospect of having to deal with”: Qob lIb bam SoH chuDlI' je You and your people are in danger. (STID) and {DIgh} “undertake, deal with": DaH nuq wIDIgh? What is our current task? (“What do we undertake now?”) (qep'a' 2016) Also Okrand used "deal with" WRT using forks: (st.k 5/05/1998): The Klingon word for fork is {puq chonnaQ}. As is well known, Klingons prefer to get food into their mouths without the aid of implements (except for such things as the bowl containing soup or the goblet containing bloodwine). Nevertheless, they have become acquainted with the eating habits of other cultures and have become aware of such things as forks. On occasion, they'll even use the implements, most commonly when partaking of a non-Klingon meal (whether on a Klingon planet or elsewhere) but sometimes when eating Klingon food, as if to add an exotic touch to the meal experience. (Not all Klingons are skilled in using forks, however, and some simply refuse to deal with them. Those who do not use them seem to be not at all troubled by eating "foreign" food using Klingon means--that is, hands.) The term {puq chonnaQ} is, at least in origin, somewhat derisive. It literally means "child's hunting spear", suggesting that the eating implement is small and not very effective (though the actual child's spear, as opposed to the "fork," is useful for training in the art of hunting)." (st.k 5/05/98) -- Voragh ------------------------------Original Message------------------------------ From: Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 1:09 PM Am 20.11.2023 um 17:43 schrieb Michael Kúnin via tlhIngan-Hol:
Is this the first canon word ending in {-ew'}?
I just checked and noticed: Yes, that's true. I found no other word ending with -ew'. That's very interesting indeed. -- Lieven L. Litaer
Am 20.11.2023 um 23:21 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
Is there any context for {mew'} "cope (with)"? Perhaps cope emotionally?
Yes. From the qepHom booklet, p. 50: The Klingon verb {mew'} can be translated as "cope" or, when used with an object, "cope with." The object could be a person, a thing, an activity, or an event. The object could also be a sentence in a two-sentence construction when the object of the second sentence (the one with {mew'}) is {'e'}. In addition, {mew'} can be translated "deal (well) with" or "handle," but not in the sense of "take care of, undertake" — that's {DIgh}. {mew'} is used when the subject is considered to be mentally or emotionally able to deal with an object felt to be undesirable, difficult, challenging, daunting, stressful, or unpleasant. For example: {qagh Qop DaSop 'e' Damew'laH'a'?} "Can you cope with eating dead gagh?" (or "Can you deal with eating dead gagh?" or "Can you tolerate eating dead gagh?"). Though appropriate in some circumstances and grammatically fine, when this verb is negated, Klingons are unlikely to use it with a first-person subject. (qepHom 2023, p. 50) Klingon Word Wiki: https://klingon.wiki/Word/Mew- -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
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