tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 23 07:10:58 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Qep'It (noun)
>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