[Tlhingan-hol] Close female friend of a male?

[jaSwa']

I always thought that was weird that children are the ones that are supposed to typically use -oy, but the only Star Trek character that I can think of that actually did was Azetbur, an adult ( vavoy to her father).

jaSwa'

Hochlogh bechjaj Hoch jaghpu'wI'

Klingonteacher <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

>Am 29.11.2012 02:34, schrieb Michael Roney, Jr. PKT:
>> We have chaj and maqoch for close friends of the same gender, but no
>> words for close friends of the opposite gender.
>
>I first I had the idea to extend the meaning and "misuse" the word, but 
>now I just read in KGT that doing exactly this is not allowed:
>
>"A Klingon female would address someone as {maqoch} only if she intended 
>to insult him or her. [...] A male Klingon would address a female 
>Klingon as {chaj} only to offend her."  (KGT)
>
>On the previous page, it is suggested to use {jupna'} for close friends, 
>"real friend, good friend".
>
>Using {-oy} on {jup} sounds wrong. Usually, only children use it, and 
>romantic partners use it in the {bang pong}.
>
>> -=-=-
>> Either all of us are on-line at the same exact time, or there's
>> something funny going on with the list.
>
>I always thought that you are really going online at the same time... (?)
>
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