[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pIv

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   pIv
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     be healthy

Cf. also {bIvHa'} "be unhealthy":

tlhIngan yoH pIv verengan yoH rop 
The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi (slang) KGT

yIpIv! 
Be healthy! 
[Okrand sent Glen Proechel a "get well" letter when he was hospitalized for heart and kidney failure. "I don't know that this makes that phrase the 'official' way to wish someone health in Klingon, but it is consistent with the idea that sickness is considered a weakness and a Klingon needs to be ordered to stay healthy." (Proechel, 3/98)]

bIpIvHa'law' 
You look terrible (You seem unhealthy). TKD

Cultural notes:

TKD 10:  Unlike most speakers of English, who begin conversations with greetings, inquiries about the state of health of the conversants, and remarks about the weather, Klingons tend to begin conversations by simply stating the main points.

loQ 'oy'DI' SuvwI' bepbe' 
A warrior does not complain about physical discomfort ("aching slightly"). TKW

Related words:

rop 		be sick/ill (v)
ngej 	infect (v)
vor 		cure (v)
bech 	suffer (v)
'oy'  	ache, hurt, be sore (v)
bep  	complain, object, gripe (v)
vul  	be unconscious (v)
vulchoH  	faint (v)

rop  	disease, sickness (n)
poq 		indigestion (n)
pom 		dysentery (n)
bep 		agony (n)
'oy' 	ache, pain (n)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons