Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: poSmoH

[Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 13, 2015
> 
> Klingon word: poSmoH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: open

yIvbeHlIj neH DapoSmoH vIneH 
The only thing I want you to open is your blouse. (ST5 notes)

Heghpu'bogh tlhIngan mInDu' lupoSmoHlu' 
The eyes of the fallen Klingon are opened... S31

*qo'mey poSmoH Hol 
Language opens (up) worlds. (KLI motto)

Causative of {poS} "be open, opened": 

lojmIt poSDaq Daq pagh 
No one eavesdrops at an open door. PK

SEE ALSO:
SoQmoH 	close, shut (v)
naw' 		access (v)
'el 		enter (v)
QeyHa'moH 	loosen (v)

SoQ 		be closed, be shut (v)
ngaQ 		be locked, be sealed, be secured, be fastened (v)
Qey  		be tight (v)
QeyHa'  	be loose (v)

N.B. do not confuse with the noun {poS} "left (side)". 


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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