tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 07 10:00:01 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: rech (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, August 7, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: rech
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: exhale
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 12:4, p. 8: "Maltz's Reward: Part III."
Air, for example, comes into and out of the nose or mouth. The
word for "breath" is {tlhuH}, and that for "breathe" is also
{tlhuH}. To breathe in, or "inhale", is {pur}; to breathe out,
or "exhale", is {rech} ... (Maltz was quite amused when he rea-
lized that the Klingon word {rech} "exhale" sounded like the
English word "retch" ? that is, "vomit" ? but he couldn't explain
why he thought it was so funny.)"
Related verbs:
{ruq} "belch"; {Hob} "yawn}; {tlhov} and {jev} "wheeze"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons