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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vey'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mayqel qunenoS)
Mon Sep 25 11:57:57 2017
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From: mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:57:54 +0300
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I notice that the quote comes from nIqolay Q. What makes this quote so
important, that it appears on the comments of the word of the day ?
I mean no disrespect to nIqolay Q, but since I usually add comments from
the word of the day to my notes, I wonder what makes this specific note so
important.
mayqel
On Sep 25, 2017 18:09, "Steven Boozer" <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Klingon word: vey'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be comfortable, be plentiful
> Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
> _______________________________________________
>
> (nIqolay Q, 9/01/2017): If you want to convey the idea of "more than
> some amount" in a positive way, or at least a value-neutral way, you could
> try the new word {vey'}. It was glossed as "be comfortable" at the
> {qep'a'}, in the sense of "a comfortable income", but the core idea is "be
> more than enough, be more than is just sufficient". (The notes say it's
> similar to {yap}, which suggests it refers to the thing that one has a
> comfortable amount of, rather than, e.g., the person who has the
> comfortable life.)
>
> SEE ALSO:
> yap be enough, be sufficient
> puS be few
>
> 'Iq be too many, too much"
> law' be many
>
> Hutlh lack
> chuv be left over
>
> --Voragh
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<div dir=3D"auto">I notice that the quote comes from nIqolay Q. What makes =
this quote so important, that it appears on the comments of the word of the=
day ?<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I mean no disrespect to=
nIqolay Q, but since I usually add comments from the word of the day to my=
notes, I wonder what makes this specific note so important.</div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">mayqel</div></div><div class=3D"gmail=
_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sep 25, 2017 18:09, "Steven =
Boozer" <<a href=3D"mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu">sboozer@uchicago.e=
du</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Kl=
ingon word: vey'<br>
Part of speech: verb<br>
Definition: be comfortable, be plentiful<br>
Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]<br>
______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
<br>
(nIqolay Q, 9/01/2017):=C2=A0 =C2=A0If you want to convey the idea of "=
;more than some amount" in a positive way, or at least a value-neutral=
way, you could try the new word {vey'}. It was glossed as "be com=
fortable" at the {qep'a'}, in the sense of "a comfortable=
income", but the core idea is "be more than enough, be more than=
is just sufficient". (The notes say it's similar to {yap}, which =
suggests it refers to the thing that one has a comfortable amount of, rathe=
r than, e.g., the person who has the comfortable life.)<br>
<br>
SEE ALSO:<br>
yap=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0be enough, be sufficient=
<br>
puS=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0be few<br>
<br>
'Iq=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0be too many, too muc=
h"<br>
law'=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 be many<br>
<br>
Hutlh=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0lack<br>
chuv=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 be left over<br>
<br>
--Voragh<br>
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