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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 25, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: pur
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: inhale
> Source: HQ v12n4 p.8

HQ 12.4 p8:  Air, for example, comes into and out of the nose or mouth. The word for breath is {tlhuH}, and that for breathe is also {tlhuH}.  To breathe in, or inhale, is {pur}; to breathe out, or exhale, is {rech. [...] To breathe noisily, or wheeze, is {jev}. (This is also the verb "storm", though Maltz couldn't decide whether this was meaningful or just a coincidence.)

  tlhIch vIpurbe' 
  I don't smoke. TNK

PUN: purr?

Similar words:

ruq 		belch (v)
Hob 		yawn (v)
chuy 		sneeze (v)
largh 	smell, sense odors (v)

jev 		breathe noisily, wheeze (v)
tlhov 	wheeze (v) [difference from {jev} unknown]


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