tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 06 09:03:14 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ey (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, March 6, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: 'ey
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be good, delicious, tasty, harmonious
Another common way to say that a specific piece or performance of music
has a particularly strong effect on a listener is to employ the verb {DuQ}
(literally, "stab"): {muDuQ bom} ("The song stabs me", or, in a more
colloquial Federation Standard form, "The song moves me"). If the music
is judged positively--that is, if the listener likes it--the music is
said to be {'ey}, using the word normally translated as "delicious"
when talking about food. Rendering {'ey bom} as "The song is good" is
acceptable, but it fails to capture the real feeling of the Klingon.
(KGT 71-72)
Note the opposite idea {'eyHa'} "undelicious, poor-tasting (food)":
Well-prepared food is described as {'ey} (delicious), the word also used
to describe good music: {'ey Soj} (The food is delicious); {Soj 'ey}
(delicious food). Food also resembles music in that if it affects one in
an especially positive way--that is, if the food particularly satisfies
the eater--one may say {DuQ Soj} ("The food stabs him/her"). All food is
considered to be good in its natural state; it takes the intervention of
a cook to ruin it. Thus, the word {'eyHa'}, used to describe food that is
edible but is not particularly tasty, means something like "undelicious",
implying that someone caused it to cease being delicious. (KGT 84)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons