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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: wIb

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, July 06, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: wIb
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be sour

  vaj Dargh wIb DatlhutlhnIS 
  Then you need to drink sour tea. CK

  Hoch vor Dargh wIb 
  Sour tea cures everything. CK

KGT 85:  Klingon food also frequently tastes {wIb} (sour, bitter) or {na'} (salty, brackish). The closest equivalent to sweet is probably {na'ran rur} (resembles a *naran*," a fruit whose juice is sometimes added to sauces as a contrast to the other flavors).

KGT 8f.: The usual Federation Standard translations of the primary tastes (pungent, sour, salty) are a little deceptive. From the Klingon point of view, it is not accurate to say that a particular food is sour; rather, it tastes and smells sour. That is, sourness is not an intrinsic quality of the food; it is a perception, the effect the food has upon the senses of smell and taste, the Klingon sense of smell being particularly highly developed. Translations such as sour-inducing ({Soj wIb}, "sour-inducing food"; {na' Soj}, "The food induces saltiness") would perhaps be closer to the feeling of the Klingon, but they are a bit clumsy.

Related words:

tera' na'ran wIb 	lemon (n) TNK
nIm wIb ngogh 		cheese (n) TNK

pey 				acid (n)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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