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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pIv
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue May 15 10:17:23 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:17:11 +0000
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> Klingon word: pIv
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be healthy
Cf. also {bIvHa'} "be unhealthy":
tlhIngan yoH pIv verengan yoH rop
The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi (slang) KGT
yIpIv!
Be healthy!
[Okrand sent Glen Proechel a "get well" letter when he was hospitalized for heart and kidney failure. "I don't know that this makes that phrase the 'official' way to wish someone health in Klingon, but it is consistent with the idea that sickness is considered a weakness and a Klingon needs to be ordered to stay healthy." (Proechel, 3/98)]
bIpIvHa'law'
You look terrible (You seem unhealthy). TKD
Cultural notes:
TKD 10: Unlike most speakers of English, who begin conversations with greetings, inquiries about the state of health of the conversants, and remarks about the weather, Klingons tend to begin conversations by simply stating the main points.
loQ 'oy'DI' SuvwI' bepbe'
A warrior does not complain about physical discomfort ("aching slightly"). TKW
Related words:
rop be sick/ill (v)
ngej infect (v)
vor cure (v)
bech suffer (v)
'oy' ache, hurt, be sore (v)
bep complain, object, gripe (v)
vul be unconscious (v)
vulchoH faint (v)
rop disease, sickness (n)
poq indigestion (n)
pom dysentery (n)
bep agony (n)
'oy' ache, pain (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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