

bell (percussion instrument made of metal) KGTīatlh 1 adj. metal TKD NUIC 5/26/6 ⁞ “base” metalīaS ‘In n. flat bottom pot for food preparation KGT ⁞ “barge”

general invective TKD p178 TKDa 5.5 boo! Hiss! qep’a’ 26 ⁞ “ baka ” is Japanese for “fool”īar v. toss bat’leth from one hand to the other) KGT be fresh, be just picked (fruit, vegetable) KGTī aQ 2 v. type of liquor, bahgol (consumed heated and out of rather small glasses) ■ baqghol HIvje’ bahgol cup KGTīaQ 1 v. terminate, discontinue KGT ∆ yI baq terminate it! ⁞ “I’ll be back,” said The Terminator Indeed, one of the defining characteristics of a bang pong is that it be secret, known only by the two members of the couple] KGT p199īaq v. Pet names are almost never uttered unless the two members of the couple are alone and, therefore, are seldom known by anyone else. A bang pong is usually couple-specific – that is, the set of expressions used by one couple is different from that used by another couple.

shot TKD ∆ bach Do’, qaH A lucky shot sir… ). err, make a mistake KGT ∆ jI bachHa’ pu’ I have made a mistake 2 n. shoot TKD ∆ nISwI’ tIH bach shoot the disruptor beam ∆ pe’vIl mu’qaDmey tI bach Curse well! ■ bachHa’ v. These people maintain the distinction between b and m but pronounce the b as if it were mb that is, starting off as the m sound but ending up at b. Speaking in a manner that is sort of between that of the Krotmag region and ta’ Hol are the peoples of Tak’ev ( taq’ev), who, though still a minority population, greatly outnumber the residents of Krotmag. In the Krotmag dialect of Klingon, however, b and m are pronounced identically, both of them sounding like Federation standard m as in mime. In ta’ Hol, b is pronounced the same as b in Federation Standard bribe.

A very small number of Klingons pronounce b as if it were m. Speakers of English can approximate this sound by saying imbalance without the initial i sound. Some Klingons pronounce this sound as if it were m and b articulated almost simultaneously.
