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Re: Klingon WOTD: Qep'It (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, August 23, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   Qep'It
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     gas
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 12:4, p. 8: "Maltz's Reward: Part III."  When air (or gas) from the 
>stomach works its way up and comes out fo the mouth (often noisily), one 
>is said to {ruq} "belch."  Maltz said it is acceptable to refer to this 
>gas as {SIp}, a general word for gas of any kind, but that gas produced 
>within the body is known as {Qep'It}.

HolQeD continues:

"When, rather than gas, undigested or partially digested food comes up, one 
is said to {'em}, "vomit"..."

Related verbs:

{bor} "gurgle";  {rech} "exhale, breath out"

Related nouns:

   {burgh"} "stomach"

Known types of {SIp} include {bIQSIp} hydrogen (cf. also {bIQSIp 'ugh} 
"deuterium isotope" and {rugh bIQSIp} "anti hydrogen"),  {voQSIp} 
"nitrogen" and {yInSIp} "oxygen":

   yoq yIn yuQ 'oH Qo'noS'e'.  yInSIp voQSIp je ngaS muDDaj.
   Qo'noS is a class-M planet with an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere. S27

*{SIp tujqu'}, *{SIp'a'}, *{tatSIp} and *{'ulSIp} have all been proposed 
for "plasma".  The physicists on the List can advise which, if any, is the 
best one.



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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