tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 24 07:35:30 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: beb
> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 24, 2014
>
> Klingon word: beb
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: roof
SaqSub qach tIQ beb bIngDaq pay' qul'a' tu'lu'
Then fires burst under the roofs of the Saq'sub's ancient houses PB
HQ 8.3 p.2-4: There are two special terms for the top of a room, or ceiling. {rav'eq} refers to the ceiling of any room (though, more narrowly, it refers to the ceiling of a room that has a room above it, as in a multistory structure); {pa' beb} refers specifically to the ceiling of a room which is on the top (or only) story of a structure. It is possible to use {'aqroS} to refer to a ceiling, through the other two terms are more common.
Similarly, though in general {rav'eq} "ceiling" refers to the ceiling of a room that has a room above it, it may also be used for the ceiling of a room on the top floor, even though there is no corresponding {rav} and no {tlhoy' SaS}. On occasion, though, the ceiling of the top floor is called {pa' beb}, literally "room's roof" ... The term {beb} refers to the covering on top of a structure.
MO to Lieven (1/09/2012): a {beb mutlhwI'} ["roofer"] doesn't make the roof, but, rather, lays out the shingles or planks or stones or whatever the roof is made out of.
Do not confuse with {lev} "roof of mouth" (n).
PUN:
Babe Ruth ("roof")
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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