tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 24 09:29:04 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: bergh (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, October 22, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: bergh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be irritable
Used in canon:
bIbergh
You are irritable. KLS
The causative form is {berghmoH} "irritate":
[{yIv}] literally means "chew". In its slang sense, it is found
in such constructions as {choyIv} ("You bother me"--literally,
"You chew me") or {muyIv romuluS Ha'DIbaH} ("The Romulan dog irks
me"; literally, "The Romulan animal chews me" ...). The subject
of {yIv} can be only a person or creature, not an inanimate object
or a situation. Thus, it is inappropriate to say something like
{muyIv 'Iw HIq bIr} ("cold bloodwine chews me"). Standard ways
to express the same idea are {nuQ} ("annoy, bother") and {bergh-
moH} ("irritate"). (KGT 167)
Cf. also {bIt} "be nervous, uneasy". Antonyms include {jot} "be calm".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons