S jop
[ jop ] / [ jop ]
Klingon letters:
 jop
Handwritten:
 jop

1. lunge, thrust

word type: verb, TKD chapter 4.
transitive verb: vay' vIjop. = I lunge, thrust something.

Source

Klingon for the Galactic Traveler p. 60, 217

2. take turn
word type: verb, TKD chapter 4.
Probably intransitive (not confirmed)

Source

qep'a' 2019
See new words released at qep'a' 26

Canon examples

jIjop
It's my turn. (qep'a' 2019)

yIjop
Take your turn. (qep'a' 2019)

bIjopnIS
You need to take your turn. (qep'a' 2019)

jopDI' 'ovwI' veb, 'echletHom tlhap.
When the next player takes his/her turn, he/she takes a card. (qep'a' 2020)

ngop yISay'moH! yIjop!
Clean the plates! It's your turn! (qep'a' 2020)

More Information

The verb jop is part of an idiom jop 'ej way' meaning "have an argument". One could say wIjoppu' 'ej wIway'pu'. Reversing the word order to way' 'ej jop is only understood literally (KGT p. 115)

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Definition of {jop}
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https://klingon.wiki/Word/Jop
Retrieved 28 Jan 2023

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