tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 11 06:00:31 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: wep (noun)
- From: Doq <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: wep (noun)
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0400
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I'm suddenly getting an image of your basic, red-neck hunter, wearing
a vest full of shot-gun shells, leaning back against a tree with a
shot-gun draped over his forearm, chewing tobacco.
Chew. Rifle.
Doq
On Apr 11, 2007, at 6:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 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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