Klingon word: ray tlhen Part of speech: verb Definition: make an r sound, trill Source: qep'a' 30 [2023] _______________________________________________ (qep'a' 2023): {Huy} (v, "hum") is used for a cat's purr. The trill sound is just {ray}, the word for the sound of Klingon /r/. {ray tlhen} is "make an r sound, trill." (Lieven, qepHom 2018): [{Huy}] can be used both for singing without words and for the sound a (not huge) engine makes. Used also for the sound of a cat: purr. Cf. http://klingon.wiki/En/Sounds SEE: ray /r/ sound (n) [i.e. Klingon name of the letter/glyph /r/ ] tlhen sound as, produce the sound of (v) (qep'a' 2021) - "Use with sound nouns." (qep'a' 2021). E.g. bobDar tlhen (it) produces a splash sound (qep'a' 2021) lu'lap tlhen (it) produces a beep noise (qep'a' 2021) rIS tlhen (it) produces a click sound (qep'a' 2021) SuqwIl tlhen (it) produces a hiss sound (qep'a' 2021) SEE ALSO: chuS be noisy (v) qol pronounce (v) ghugh vocalize (by animals) (v) - "referring to sound emitted by an animal, but not speech" (qep'a' 2017) ngutlh letter, written character, glyph (n) wab sound, noise (n) ghogh voice (n) QIch speech (i.e. vocal sounds) (n) 'Imyagh sound made by a {vIghro'} (n) vIghro' *v'gro* (type of animal, like a cat) (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons