English: be brown
KLCP Level: 3
(st.klingon 2/1998): What we call brown would be described in Klingon by using the verb Doq "be red, orange". If the context is clear (such as contrasting a brown thing with a thing that cannot be described as Doq, such as something that's SuD "blue, green, yellow"), Doq alone is good enough. Thus, if there are two drinking cups, one brown and one blue, one might say: HIvje' Doq vIneH "I want the Doq cup". Only the brown cup could be described as Doq; the blue cup is definitely not Doq since it is SuD. On the other hand, to be more precise when talking about the color (when, for example, there's a brown cup and a red cup), Klingons would typically use the phrase: Doq 'ej wovbe' "be orange/red and not be bright". To get even more specific (to be able to refer to different kinds of browns) would involve comparisons. For example: Doq 'ej Qaj wuS rur "be orange/red and resemble *kradge* lips". The lips of the *kradge* are presumably a particular shade of brown.
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