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Klingon WOTD: wep (noun)

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This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, April 11, 2007.

Category: Clothing

Klingon word:   wep
Part of Speech: noun 
Definition:     shirt with sleeves (regional) 
Source: KGT (230 KE, 256 EK) 
Swedish: skjorta med ärmar (regional)


Additional Notes:
KGT p. 29: Similarly, one needs to be careful in talking about certain articles of clothing.  In the First City, and in most places in the Empire, {wep} means "jacket, coat" and {yIvbeH} means "tunic"--that is, a shirt or shirtlike garment with or without sleeves.  In the Vospeg ({voSpegh}) region, on the other hand, {yIvbeH} refers only to a sleeveless shirt (thus retaining much of the word's original meaning, a sleeveless protective garment worn by warriors), {wep} means a shirt with sleeves, and any jacket or coat is a {cheSvel}, a word that elsewhere refers to a specific style of coat associated with, not surprisingly, the Vospeg region.
   
Homonyms:
	wep (noun) - jacket, coat


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