[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nav vaH

[lojmIttI'wI'nuv]

Okay, this is so close to another pun…

A bill, a payment request, something you must pay, is a {ghogh’ot}. 

It’s also known as an “invoice”. {ghogh} = “voice”. So, how does {‘ot} = “in”? Is it “to” backwards? That’s not enough. Clearly something is going on here that I’m not getting.

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> On Mar 24, 2016, at 10:59 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> SEE ALSO:> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2016
>> 
>> Klingon word: nav vaH
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: envelope (paper cover)
>> Source: qepHom 2015 p.18
> 
> Lieven wrote (10/29/2015):  
> 
> Lieven L. Litaer (LL): We all know the word {nav} from TKD, which
>   is simply labeled as "paper". In the Klingon Monopoly, it is
>   used in a phrase {Huch nav} meaning a bill, in the sense of
>   money. Can this word also be used for a "sheet of paper"?
> 
> Marc Okrand (MO): Yes, that's also {nav}.
> 
> [...]
> 
> MO:  Here are some more words related to paper: a letter, that is
>   a message written on a sheet of paper and sent to someone is a
>   {nav QIn}. An envelope is called {nav vaH}. In context, {vaH}
>   by itself is enough. The word {vaH} can actually be used for
>   everything you put something inside of it. It's a cover for it.
>   A bill, a payment request, something you must pay, is a {ghogh'ot}.
> 
> 
> SEE ALSO:
> vaH  		holster, sheath (n)
> Huch		money (n)
> qav'ap  	rent, sum/amount (of money) (n) (MKE) 
> qat  		wrap, encase (v) [i.e. to envelope (something)]
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
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> 
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