[Tlhingan-hol] "So what's Klingon for 'Now get your kit off?'"

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> tuQ = wear
> tuQHa' = undress (undo-wear)
> tuQHa'choH = undress, resulting in a change of state (from not
> undressing to undressing)

I would not translate tuQHa' as "undress", but rather as "unwear", suggestion that you've worn something but no longer are.
tuqHa'choH = "start unwearing", or "undress"

We also have the odd case of «tuQmoH», "put on (clothes)" [TKD], which appears to be its own root verb, distinct from tuQ+moH.
«tuQmoHHa'» = "take off" — http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1993-12-holqed-02-4.txt&get=source

So, supposedly:
vItuQmoHHa' = "I take off [an item of clothing]"
vItuQHa'moH = "I undress [a person]"

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From: David Trimboli [david at trimboli.name]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 21:34
To: tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "So what's Klingon for 'Now get your kit off?'"

On 5/28/2013 2:44 PM, Ruben Molina wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:19 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> [The linked article is about STID, but there are no spoilers as the
>> relevant scene is in the trailer.]
>>
>> <yItuQHa'choH!>
>>
>
> I can't parse it correctly
> "You change to unwear" ?

Try not to be so strict in your parsing. {-choH} means there is a change
of state in something, not necessarily that you're changing something.
It may mean that you're starting or stopping something.

tuQ = wear
tuQHa' = undress (undo-wear)
tuQHa'choH = undress, resulting in a change of state (from not
undressing to undressing)
yItuQHa'choH = undress! (command), resulting in a change of state

That is, "Begin undressing!" Exactly *who* is being undressed is not
specified.

> But I don't really undertand the English meaning of
> 'Now get your kit off'  either
>
> I am thinking on:
>
> <yItuQHa''eghmoH!>
> "undress yourself"

{tuQ} has always been controversial, due to the odd translations we get
in TKD. I happen to agree with your suggestion. "Get your kit off" means
"get undressed"; I don't see a {-choH} in that.

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"We should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in our
representation of a barely clothed actress."

That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. "Oops! Still being a
little gratuitous. Let's try a little harder to show her in her
underwear for a GOOD REASON."

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