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

[Gaerfindel]

On 8/1/2013 10:24 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, August 01, 2013
>>
>> Klingon word: jIr
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: rotate, twirl
> MO said that {jIr} was intransitive at qepHom'a' 2011:
>
>    lugh {ghur vay'}, {vay' ghurmoHlu'}, {nup vay'}, {vay'
>    nupmoHlu'} je 'e' maqbej MO. {jIr} rur {DIng} maq je 'ach
>    rurchu' 'e' maqchu'be'. Sovchu'meH matlh'e' tlhobnISlaw'.
>    [De'vID, 3/22/12]
>
> Cf. {jIrmoH} "twirl bat'leth, cause bat'leth to rotate":
>
> KGT 60:  To twirl or rotate the bat'leth is {jIrmoH} and to toss it from one hand to the other (the same word is used whether left to right or right to left) is {baQ}.
{jIr} is used in contexts other than twirling bat'leths, yes?  For 
example, I can say {jIr mI'wI'}, "The dancer twirls/spins," (say in the 
context of ballet) and be understood, qar'a'?

~quljIb