[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tuy'

[Felix Malmenbeck]

Also in Swedish: "Tvi, tvi, tvi!"
The Yiddish connection seems likely, though; there are  few Judaism references in Klingon (bI'reS, ta naQ (possibly accidental; Marc didn't seem to remember putting that in there, 'elI'jaH…).

That being said, it might also be a simple omnomerblurblur*, with no cultural reference t all. Consider also «HI'tuy» (dictatorship), which sounds like somebody spitting a loogie.

*This is an onomatopoeia for how the sound I make when I try to say onomatopoeia.
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From: Lieven [levinius at gmx.de]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 17:35
To: tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tuy'

Am 04.12.2012 17:15, schrieb Steven Boozer:

> Also in Yiddish:
> http://forward.com/articles/15158/spit-your-way-to-safety-toi-toi-toi

Thank you,

I'm sure that's where it originally came from!

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Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
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