tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 27 13:40:15 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yep (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, October 27, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: yep
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be careful
Never used in canon.
Related verbs:
{Dugh} be vigilant, {ghuH} prepare for, {Hoj} be cautious
Antonym: {yepHa'} "be careless"
Discussed by Okrand:
... 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. (KGT 30)
... one must never be careless when preparing food. (KGT 83)
... 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. (KGT 138)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons