[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wejmaH cha'

[Robyn Stewart]

Qu'wIjvaD yapchoHpa' jul tajvaj paSmo' rep, DaHjaj 'ay'vam vIlablaH. 
wa'Hu' 'eq jIHu'mo' 'ej nI'mo' Qu', ghaytan ghIH 'ej buD 'ay'vam. 
jItlhIj. vIqarmoHmeH HIboQneS.

Yesterday's 'ay' concluded with a choking sound from ghutar's end of 
the QumwI'.

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SaHchoH HoD. jatlh "ghutar! qaS nuq?"

"vIlaghta', HoD," jatlh ghutar 'ach jotbe'qu' ghoghDaj 'ej voQlaw'taH.

jatlh HoD. "Surchem yIHotlh." ra'.

"wej vIlegh," jatlh Hung yaS.

"qatlh? Dubot nuq? tlhoy' Dalaghta'mo' SoH tlhopDaq 'oHtaH."

"puchpa' tlhoy' 'emDaq yaghmey vIleghDI' ... jI'empu'. [15] mIvwIjDaq 
bottaHmo' quy'Ip, Qatlh jIleghmeH Qu'."[16]

Haghqu'mo' Hota'ro' SIHchoH qIvDu'Daj 'ej ravDaq ba'choH, 
Haghchu'taHvIS. "Hota'ro' lagh," jatlh HoD. "yap." SIbI' Hagh 'e' 
mev. ghutarvaD jatlh HoD "yIrechqu' 'ej nachlIj yIvIHmoH."[17]

"'arghHa'choHlI'," jatlh ghutar. "DaH naw'meH Surchem vIlegh. 
vIHotlhchoH ... QaQ choHwI'vam ... QaQ je cha'DIch ... Qap wejDIch 'a 
pujlaw' .. QaQ loSDIch. wejDIch vIchoHrup." yev ghutar, ghIq jatlhqa' 
"lojmItHom Surchem je jojDaq vI'law'pu' Hap SuD. botlaw'." Haghbe'meH 
Hota'ro' voQ'eghlaw'.

"Dubot'a'?"

"ghobe'. lojmIt bot."

"yIbuSHa', Hung yaS. ghaytan puchvo' 'oH."

"lu' HoD! DaH choHwI' vIteq DaneH'a'? ngaDbe'qa' tlham."

"Duchaw'chugh ghu', yIruch," jatlh HoD. targh Qup qawmoH ghutar. rut 
qu' 'ej buQtaH, rut HoD belmoHmeH ghop roSchoH. wej nIteb vangrup. 
valqu'be', 'a matlh 'ej tIn 'ej ghojqang. wa' jaj QaQ Hung yaS moj.

'a qatlh ngaDHa'qa' tlham? yaSpu'Daj bej HoD. ravDaq ba'taH DeghwI'. 
Qongruplaw'. jav rep ret ghaHvaD rInpu'mo' yaH poH, pIchbe' HoD. 
tlham chu'Ha'be'ba'pu'. yaS wa'DIchvaD jatlh HoD, "'ungya, Daghong 'e' yImev."

"nuqjatlh?" jang yaS wa'DIch "jI'or 'e' vIbuS. qaSqa'laH 'e' DaHar'a'?"

"qaSqa'laH nuq?" jatlh HoD.

"vIj Heghbatqoq. tlhe'Ha'choH latlh 'e' vIHar. wej vISovbej. qaSchugh 
DaH machqu' tajvaj.[18] chaq qaSbejbe'. retlhbogh chuyDaH 
vIDonmoHlI'. HoS naQ. 'arghchugh, Degh wIghma'vaD vIQay. ghu' vIjIHtaH."

vemchu'choH DeghwI' 'ej yaHDaj tlhap. "HIleghmoH, qaH," jatlh.

wovchoH DeghwI' SeHlaw. "QaybeH Degh. DaSeHrupDI' yItlhap" jatlh yaS 
wa'DIch. tay'choH beq tay'Ha'choHtaHvIS Duj.

ghutarvaD jatlh HoD, "yI'uchqu', ghutar ne', chaq bIQom. ghu'lIj yIDeltaH."
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SKI: Another thruster might be doing that deathwish thing.
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[18] Sorry, ghunchu'wI'. It wasn't a one-off. It's part of the whole 
plot of this 'ay''a'.
[15] Can you imagine what would be growing behind the incompletely 
sealed walls of a Klingon toilet/shower stall?
[16] I understand that there are those who don't like prefixes in 
this construction. yIQIj.
[17] I'm not the first person to wonder how to deal with this 
problem: 
<http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110323060624AAzdk9h>http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110323060624AAzdk9h 
and it's in NASA's EVA suit specs. 
<http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/sections/section14.htm>http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/sections/section14.htm 


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