tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 17 09:45:32 2008
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Sev (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, April 17, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: Sev
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: bandage
Never used in canon.
Related verbs:
{rIQ} be injured; rIQmoH injure; {QID} wound
Related nouns:
Someone who applies a {Sev}:
st.k 10/98: There is no single term for "nurse," as distinguished from
"physician's assistant." Voragh's suggestions ({Qel boQ} "doctor's aide,"
{HaqwI' boQ} "surgeon's aide") are fine and both could be used. Qov's
suggestion, {QelHom}, consisting of {Qel} "doctor" plus the diminutive
suffix {-Hom}, is also an acceptable form (and is an excellent illustration
of the diminutive suffix--the word means "not quite a doctor" or "lesser
doctor" or the like). Another word sometimes applied to the person a
Federation patient might refer to as a "nurse" is {rachwI'}. The verb
{rach} has been translated variously as "invigorate", "fortify", and
"strengthen". Thus {rachwI'} ... is an "invigorator, fortifier, strengthener".
KGT 151: doctors spend a great deal of their time tending to critically
wounded patients and relatively little time performing routine examinations
or practicing preventive medicine.
>Homonyms:
> Sev (verb) - contain (an enemy)
Never used in canon.
KGT 48: Common militaristic acts also have associated terminology, both
verbs ({DoHmoH}, drive back; {Hub}, defend; {yot}, invade; {weH}, raid
[same as {yot}, really, but with the added connotation of surprise or
speed]; {HIv}, attack, assault; {Sev}, contain; {HeD}, retreat, withdraw)
and nouns ({yot}, invasion, raid, incursion; {Hub}, defense).
For "contain (have inside)" use {ngaS}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons