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[ d​͡​ʒɛl ]
Verb

English: shake, tremble

German: wackeln, zittern

Source: qep'a' 24

KLCP Level: 3

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Notes

 (qep'a' 2017):  "as in the buildings are shaking because there's an earthquake, or everything in the house shakes when you slam the door, or I'm nervous or afraid so I'm shaking (Klingons have never experienced this, but they've seen it in others)"

Another new verb is wal  "vibrate,  be in a state of  vibration" (v):

(qep'a' 2017):  "move in a fast repetitive way, like a guitar string"

Yet another new verb tav "shake" is transitive:

 (qep'a' 2017):  "... as in what you might do to wake someone up, or what James Bond does to a martini, or what you do to your right foot after you put it in and then put it out (Note: what freezing temperatures may do to you is jelmoH, not tav)"

PUN:
1. "like a bowl full of jelly"?
2. Jell-O?

SEE ALSO:
Qom             experience an earthquake or tremor (v)
joq             flap, flutter, beat (v)
vIH             move, be in motion (v)

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