[94016] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yepHa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jul 11 10:08:37 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:08:53 +0000
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> Klingon word: yepHa'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be careless
AFAIK neither {yep} "be careful" nor {yepHa'} "be careless" have been used in canon. (Is it used in the {paq'batlh}?)
Language notes:
KGT 30: while the verb {ghIH} means "be messy, sloppy" in {ta' Hol} and in most dialects, in the towns near Ruk'evet ({ruq'e'vet}), {ghIH} means "be careless". The more widespread word for be careless is {yepHa'}, and this word is used in addition to {ghIH} in the Ruk'evet area. To say "be messy, sloppy", the Ruk'evet inhabitants say {Soy'}, a verb meaning "be clumsy" elsewhere. The Ruk'evet word for be clumsy is {jat}, which is phonetically identical to the noun meaning "tongue".
KGT 83: one must never be careless when preparing food.
KGT 138: the characteristic patterns of younger people's speech, if noticed and commented upon, are more likely to be judged sloppy or careless rather than wrong.
Related verbs:
Dugh be vigilant
ghuH prepare for
Hoj be cautious
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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