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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jev
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (johnny@nerdist.com)
Thu Mar 27 13:16:41 2014
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:16:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: johnny@nerdist.com
To: "Steven Boozer" <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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=0Aplease remove me from this mailing list=0A =0A-----Original Message-----=
=0AFrom: "Steven Boozer" <sboozer@uchicago.edu>=0ASent: Thursday, March 27,=
2014 11:06am=0ATo: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>=0ASubject=
: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jev=0A=0A=0A=0A> Klingon Word=
of the Day for Thursday, March 27, 2014=0A> =0A> Klingon word: jev=0A> Par=
t of speech: verb=0A> Definition: storm, [wheeze, breathe noisily]=0A> Sour=
ce: HQ:v12n4p8=0A=0A jevqu'taHvIS muD ral, bejlI' parmaq. =0A While the vio=
lent atmosphere storms, love still watches. (Sonnet 116)=0A=0A Qombe'! nIS=
be' jevwI', 'ej not ruS baq. =0A That looks on tempests and is never shaken=
. (Sonnet 116)=0A=0AAt the Farpoint Convention (October, 2000), Marc Okrand=
told Krankor that {jev} "is a weather term" meaning "be rainy, windy, thun=
dering" and is used similarly to {SIS} "rain". DloraH reported a conversat=
ion he had with Okrand in May, 1998:=0A=0A It rained a few times during the=
weekend, so we were put into=0A the situation to discuss it. {SIS. SISqu'.=
SIStaH. SISchoH.}=0A All correct. {SISlu'}, although grammatically correct=
, he didn't=0A particularly like ... You can also give it an object and say=
=0A things like the clouds rained down cats and dogs... or something=0A lik=
e that; you get the idea. But when Marc and I went outside=0A and drops of =
water were falling on us, he looked up and simply=0A said "{SIS.}"=0A=0A{SI=
S} was used in the paq'batlh:=0A=0A ghIq QavwI'chaj DuQchu' qeylIS betleH c=
haHDaq SIStaHvIS negh 'Iw =0A Then Kahless's *bat'leth* pierced the last of=
them, showered with=0A the soldiers' blood. (PB 136-37)=0A=0A=0AHQ 12.4 p.=
: The word for "breath" is {tlhuH}, and that for "breathe" is also {tlhuH}=
. To breathe in, or inhale, is {pur}; to breathe out, or exhale, is {rech}.=
To breathe noisily, or wheeze, is {jev}. (This is also the verb "storm", t=
hough Maltz couldn't decide whether this was meaningful or just a coinciden=
ce.) To breathe even more noisily, or snore, is {wuD}.=0A=0A=0A--=0AVoragh=
=0ACa'Non Master of the Klingons=0A=0A=0A=0A_______________________________=
________________=0ATlhingan-hol mailing list=0ATlhingan-hol@kli.org=0Ahttp:=
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<font face=3D"arial" size=3D"3"><p style=3D"margin:0;padding:0;">please rem=
ove me from this mailing list</p>=0A<p style=3D"margin:0;padding:0;"> =
</p>=0A<p style=3D"margin:0;padding:0;">-----Original Message-----<br />Fro=
m: "Steven Boozer" <sboozer@uchicago.edu><br />Sent: Thursday, March =
27, 2014 11:06am<br />To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org&g=
t;<br />Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jev<br /><br /=
></p>=0A<div id=3D"SafeStyles1395940575">=0A<p style=3D"margin:0;padding:0;=
">> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 27, 2014<br />> <br /=
>> Klingon word: jev<br />> Part of speech: verb<br />> Definition=
: storm, [wheeze, breathe noisily]<br />> Source: HQ:v12n4p8<br /><br />=
jevqu'taHvIS muD ral, bejlI' parmaq. <br /> While the violent atmosphere s=
torms, love still watches. (Sonnet 116)<br /><br /> Qombe'! nISbe' jevwI',=
'ej not ruS baq. <br /> That looks on tempests and is never shaken. (Sonne=
t 116)<br /><br />At the Farpoint Convention (October, 2000), Marc Okrand t=
old Krankor that {jev} "is a weather term" meaning "be rainy, windy, thunde=
ring" and is used similarly to {SIS} "rain". DloraH reported a conversatio=
n he had with Okrand in May, 1998:<br /><br /> It rained a few times during=
the weekend, so we were put into<br /> the situation to discuss it. {SIS. =
SISqu'. SIStaH. SISchoH.}<br /> All correct. {SISlu'}, although grammatical=
ly correct, he didn't<br /> particularly like ... You can also give it an o=
bject and say<br /> things like the clouds rained down cats and dogs... or =
something<br /> like that; you get the idea. But when Marc and I went outsi=
de<br /> and drops of water were falling on us, he looked up and simply<br =
/> said "{SIS.}"<br /><br />{SIS} was used in the paq'batlh:<br /><br /> gh=
Iq QavwI'chaj DuQchu' qeylIS betleH chaHDaq SIStaHvIS negh 'Iw <br /> Then =
Kahless's *bat'leth* pierced the last of them, showered with<br /> the sold=
iers' blood. (PB 136-37)<br /><br /><br />HQ 12.4 p.: The word for "breath=
" is {tlhuH}, and that for "breathe" is also {tlhuH}. To breathe in, or inh=
ale, is {pur}; to breathe out, or exhale, is {rech}. To breathe noisily, or=
wheeze, is {jev}. (This is also the verb "storm", though Maltz couldn't de=
cide whether this was meaningful or just a coincidence.) To breathe even mo=
re noisily, or snore, is {wuD}.<br /><br /><br />--<br />Voragh<br />Ca'Non=
Master of the Klingons<br /><br /><br /><br />____________________________=
___________________<br />Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br />Tlhingan-hol@kli.or=
g<br />http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol</p>=0A</div></font=
>
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