tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 18 10:53:52 2007
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RE: Klingon WOTD: rop (verb)
> >Klingon word: rop
> >Part of Speech: verb
> >Definition: be sick, ill
Voragh:
>>Cf. also {ngej} "infect", {vor} "cure", {'uH} "have a hangover" and {wuQ}
>>"have a headache".
Also {bech} "suffer".
> >Homonyms:
> > rop (noun) - disease
Voragh:
>>Related nouns:
>> ... {poq} "indigestion".
WRT to indigestion:
The verb meaning "gurgle", specifically applied to one's stomach [{burgh}]
gurgling or talking, is {bor}. When air (or gas) from the stomach works
its way up and comes out of the mouth (often noisily), one is said to
{ruq} "belch" ... When, rather than gas, undigested or partially digested
food comes up, one is said to {'em} "vomit", and the matter being vomited,
that is, "vomit", is called {quy'Ip} ... (Maltz was quite amused when he
realized that the Klingon word {rech} "exhale" sounded like the English
word "retch" ? that is, "vomit" ? but he couldn't explain why he thought
it was so funny. (HQ 12.4:8)
Duh! I just realized {quy'Ip} is the English word "puke" backwards!
Eric Andeen:
>Don't forget everyone's favorite health related word - <pom> "dysentery".
Based on the verbs {rop}, {'uH} and {wuQ}, I would have expected the verbs
*{poq} "have indigestion" and *{pom} "have dysentery" instead of nouns. I
wonder how they're used? Surely not with {ghaj} "have" - that would sound
too English!
Can anyone remember any other diseases, illnesses or syndromes we may have
overlooked?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons