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Re: how to say kiss in klingon




[email protected] wrote:
> 
> how do you say kiss in klingon?  e.g., a kiss, to kiss, kiss me.  all i could
> come up with was a long paraphrase meaning to push x's lips to y's lips.  if
> kissing is unknown in klingon culture then i could just use a borrowing from
> DIvI' Hol, viz. qIS.
> SIvten

How about <chop> with a suffix?
The man kissed the woman lightly: <be' choplaw' loD>
The man kissed the woman passionately: <be' chopchu'qu' loD>

It's more Klingon, anyways. =)

(Perhaps <noSlaw'> would work as well.)

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De'vID



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