[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ruq'e'vet

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, August 28, 2014
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> Klingon word: ruq'e'vet
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: Ruk'evet (city in the Gevchok region)

KGT 17:  On rare occasion, a place's name can be traced to an individual or family, such as ... {ruq'e'vet} (Ruk'evet), a city in the {ghevchoq Sep} (Gevchok region), named for a warrior (whether actual or mythological is a matter of dispute) who singlehandedly defeated an invading force.

{ruq'e'vet Hol}  Ruk'evet dialect (n)

KGT 30:  while the verb {ghIH} means "be messy, sloppy" in {ta' Hol} and in most dialects, in the towns near Ruk'evet ({ruq'e'vet}), {ghIH} means "be careless". The more widespread word for be careless is {yepHa'}, and this word is used in addition to {ghIH} in the Ruk'evet area. To say "be messy, sloppy", the Ruk'evet inhabitants say {Soy'}, a verb meaning "be clumsy" elsewhere. The Ruk'evet word for "be clumsy" is {jat}, which is phonetically identical to the noun meaning "tongue".


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons