tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 12 08:06:22 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: nuQ (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, March 11, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: nuQ
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: annoy, bother
Never used in canon.
Discussed by Okrand passim:
This verb [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," where "Romulan animal" is a derogatory
way to refer to a Romulan). The subject of {yIv} can be only a person
or creature, not an inanimate object or a situation. Thus, it is inappro-
priate to say something like {muyIv 'Iw HIq bIr} ("cold bloodwine chews
me"). Standard ways to express the same idea are {nuQ} ("annoy, bother")
and {berghmoH} ("irritate"). (KGT 167)
Related verbs:
{QeH} "anger". Cf. also {mogh} "be frustrated" & {puQ} "be fed up" -
especially with {-moH} "cause".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons