tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 19 07:22:13 2008
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Re: Klingon WOTD: pIv (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, March 15, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: pIv
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be healthy
Used in canon:
tlhIngan yoH pIv verengan yoH rop
The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi (slang) KGT
yIpIv
Be healthy!
[Okrand sent Glen Proechel a "get well" letter when he was hospitalized
for heart and kidney failure.]
Cultural notes:
TKD 10: Unlike most speakers of English, who begin conversations with
greetings, inquiries about the state of health of the conversants, and
remarks about the weather, Klingons tend to begin conversations by simply
stating the main points.
>Antonyms: rop
"be sick/ill". Cf. also {pIvHa'} "be unhealthy":
bIpIvHa'law'
You look terrible. (You seem unhealthy). TKD
Related verbs include {ngej} "infect" and {vor} "cure".
Don't confuse {pIv} "be healthy" with the unrelated morpheme *{pIv} in
{pIvchem} "warp field", {pIvghor} "warp drive" and {pIvlob} "warp factor".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons