tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 01 07:26:17 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rachwI'
> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 01, 2014
>
> Klingon word: rachwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: nurse
st.k (10/1998): 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".
PUN:
Nurse Ratchett from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
SEE ALSO:
ghojmoq *ghojmok* (nurse, nanny, governess) (n)
Sev bandage (n)
Hergh medicine (n)
rIq be injured (n)
rop be sick, be ill (v)
pIvHa' be unhealthy (v)
ngej infect (v)
'oy' ache, hurt, be sore (v)
bech suffer (v)
vul be unconscious (v)
pIv be healthy (v)
SaH care for, be concerned about (v)
Qorgh take care of, care for [objects?] (v)
rIQ be injured (v)
QID wound (v)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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