Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 25, 2021 Klingon word: Sawlay Part of speech: noun Definition: gesture Source: qep'a' 26 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 at 17:00, Klingon Word of the Day <kwotd@wizage.net> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 25, 2021
Klingon word: Sawlay Part of speech: noun Definition: gesture Source: qep'a' 26
This is probably a coincidence, but I can't help but see this as 手禮 (pronounced in Cantonese as sau2 lai5, in Mandarin pinyin as shǒu lǐ), which literally does mean gesture in the sense of a hand movement (手 means "hand", 禮 means "courtesy" or "rite"), but which is found in modern Chinese mostly in the Taiwanese compound 伴手禮 meaning "souvenir" (a gift given to someone brought back from one's travels, a "gesture of companionship"), or in 按手禮 which is used in Christian religious contexts to refer to the ritual of ordination ("gesture of laying on hands"). https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb=*%E6%89%8... (Or it's possible that someone once brought something back from a Chinese-speaking country as a gift to Dr. Okrand.) -- De'vID
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 25, 2021 Klingon word: Sawlay Part of speech: noun Definition: gesture Source: qep'a' 26 [2019] (qep’a’ 2019): Maltz didn't know a verb for this. To use a gesture is {Sawlay lo'} or else a specific gesture verb (such as {SIq} [use the index finger], {qay} [use the second (middle) finger], etc.). -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.
vaj qaStaHvIS cha’ DIS QoylaHbe’wI’pu’vaD QummeH ‘amerI’qa’ ‘ev chan ‘ev Sawlaymey vIHaDta’. charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Apr 26, 2021, at 10:40 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, April 25, 2021
Klingon word: Sawlay Part of speech: noun Definition: gesture Source: qep'a' 26 [2019]
(qep’a’ 2019): Maltz didn't know a verb for this. To use a gesture is {Sawlay lo'} or else a specific gesture verb (such as {SIq} [use the index finger], {qay} [use the second (middle) finger], etc.).
-- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.
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