tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 11 07:24:19 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: wep
> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, August 11, 2014
>
> Klingon word: wep
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: shirt with sleeves (regional)
KGT 29-30: In the First City, and in most places in the Empire, {wep} means "jacket, coat" and {yIvbeH} means "tunic" - that is, a shirt or shirtlike garment with or without sleeves. In the Vospeg ({voSpegh}) region, on the other hand, {yIvbeH} refers only to a sleeveless shirt (thus retaining much of the word's original meaning, a sleeveless protective garment worn by warriors), {wep} means a shirt with sleeves, and any jacket or coat is a {cheSvel}, a word that elsewhere refers to a specific style of coat associated with, not surprisingly, the {Vospeg} region."
Cf. {wep buq} "coat pocket ":
Lieven (12/07/2010): [Maltz] thought more about it and said ... The word {buq} could be bag, sack, pouch or even pocket. When clarity is needed, one could say, for example, {yopwaH buq} "pants pouch" or {wep buq} "coat pouch" for "pants pocket" or "coat pocket," but when the context is clear, {buq} alone would suffice for pocket.
Related words:
ngup cape (n)
paH gown (n)
mop robe (n)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons (back from vacation)
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