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

[Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, June 25, 2015
> 
> Klingon word: meS
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: knot, tie a knot in something, encrypt (slang)
> Source: Email from Lieven - 11/12/2014

tlhegh vImeS 
I make a knot in the rope. (Lieven, 11/12/2014)

Lieven (11/12/2014):  After giving us the word for knitting, Maltz just revealed another useful and related word: it's {meS} and means knot, both as noun and verb. The object of the verb is the thing you use to make a knot, e.g. {tlhegh vImeS} - "I make a knot in the rope". To loosen the knot, simply say {meSHa'}. Maltz also said that now that everyone knows the word {meS}, he can add that {meS} is a frequently used slang term for encrypt. Similarly, {meSHa'} means decrypt.

PUN:
Untying a knot is a "mess"? (quljIb); or "mesh"?  (Gaerfindel)

SEE ALSO:
bagh 			tie (v)
rar 			connect, attach (v)
nIq 			weave, knit (v)

meS  			knot (n)
naw' 			access (v)
ngoq 			code (n)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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