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Re: Klingon WOTD: noS (v)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: noS (v)
• Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:23:30 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, October 2, 2003.
>
>Klingon word:   noS
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     nibble, eat in small mouthfulls
>
>Additional Notes: KGT.

   Indeed, if one eats too neatly or if one does not eat with gusto, it
   will probably be assumed that one is not enjoying the food. (The verb
   {noS} ["eat in small mouthfuls, nibble"], unless applied to small
   animals or very young children, is always used derogatorily.) [KGT 100]

Other eating verbs include {chop} "bite", {ghup} "swallow", {je'} "feed 
(someone else)", {roS} "lick", {Sop} "eat, consume solid food", {yIv} 
"chew" as well as {tlhutlh} "drink, consume liquid" and {'ep} "consume soup".

Cf. also {ghung} "be hungry", {natlh} "consume", {mum} "taste, sense 
flavors" and {waH} "taste, try out (food)".



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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