tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 27 09:58:48 2004
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Suy' (n)
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- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Suy' (n)
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:57:59 -0400
ghItlh voragh:
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, April 27, 2004.
>
>>Klingon word: Suy'
>>Part of Speech: noun
>>Definition: [shooy]
>>
>>Additional Notes: KGT. A type of animal.
>
>As used in canon:
>
> Suy' SoH
> You are a shooy. KGT
>
> Calling someone a {Suy'} is quite derogatory, comparable to using
> the word "pig" in Federation Standard. Mistakenly calling someone
> a {Suy} ("merchant") when the intent is to be insulting and call
> him or her a {Suy'} will have the effect of making the speaker
> appear to be foolish and, therefore, weak and hardly in a position
> to be ridiculing someone else. (KGT 196)
I'm not sure I understand the phonetic difference between {Suy} and {Suy'}. My understanding has been that {Suy'} is said with a curt cut-off at syllable's end, whilst {Suy} is more drawn out, qar'a'? [In which case, remembering that a merchant is a {Suy} and not a {Suy'} becomes really difficult at times.. }}: ) ]
-quljIb