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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: wIb
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jul 7 09:49:37 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 13:49:10 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, July 06, 2014
>
> Klingon word: wIb
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be sour
vaj Dargh wIb DatlhutlhnIS
Then you need to drink sour tea. CK
Hoch vor Dargh wIb
Sour tea cures everything. CK
KGT 85: Klingon food also frequently tastes {wIb} (sour, bitter) or {na'} (salty, brackish). The closest equivalent to sweet is probably {na'ran rur} (resembles a *naran*," a fruit whose juice is sometimes added to sauces as a contrast to the other flavors).
KGT 8f.: The usual Federation Standard translations of the primary tastes (pungent, sour, salty) are a little deceptive. From the Klingon point of view, it is not accurate to say that a particular food is sour; rather, it tastes and smells sour. That is, sourness is not an intrinsic quality of the food; it is a perception, the effect the food has upon the senses of smell and taste, the Klingon sense of smell being particularly highly developed. Translations such as sour-inducing ({Soj wIb}, "sour-inducing food"; {na' Soj}, "The food induces saltiness") would perhaps be closer to the feeling of the Klingon, but they are a bit clumsy.
Related words:
tera' na'ran wIb lemon (n) TNK
nIm wIb ngogh cheese (n) TNK
pey acid (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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