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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, April 14, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: vem
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: wake up, cease sleeping

  bIQongtaHvIS nItlhejchugh targhmey bIvemDI' nItlhej ghIlab ghewmey 
  If you sleep with *targs*, you'll wake up with glob flies. TKW

vemmoH  		wake (someone) up (v)
 
  qanjIt qan vemmoH moratlh, vavDaj ghaH qanjIt'e' 
  Morath wakes his father, the old Kanjit PB


*{vemmeH Daq}  	awakening point (?) 

K'Ehleyr said that the 23rd century sleeper ship T'Ong would soon reach its "awakening point" (TNG "The Emissary"):

  tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH loS bong QongmeH qItI'nga' Duj tI'ang
    ghompu' DIvI' 'ejDo' 'entepray' 
  A sleeper ship of this [K'Tinga] class, the T'Ong, was encountered
    in the 24th century by the USS Enterprise. (S15)

Its mission was never stated, but after the crew revived Captain K'temoc was intent on returning to Kronos quickly instead of attacking nearby Federation outposts (TNG "The Emissary").  Some have speculated that he had intelligence about the Borg threat.


SEE ALSO:
Doy' 			be tired (v)
leS 			rest, relax (v)
Dum 			nap (v)
Qong 			sleep (v)
vul 			be unconscious (v)
vulchoH 		faint (v)
vong 			hypnotize (v)
naj 			dream (v)


N.B. do not confuse with the new noun {vem} "print, mark, tracks, image, pattern (left in the dirt from stepping on it)" (cf. qepHom 2015 p.20).


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