tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 24 03:14:01 2007
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Klingon WOTD: cheSvel (noun)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, November 24, 2007.
Category: Clothing
Klingon word: cheSvel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coat, jacket (regional)
Source: KGT (213 KE, 238 EK)
Swedish: kappa, jacka (generell term) (regionalt)
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:
cheSvel (noun) - type of coat
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