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[ mɛwʔ ]
Verb

English: cope, cope with, deal (well) with, handle

KLCP:

Level 3
Notes

The Klingon verb mew' can be translated as "cope" or, when used with an object, "cope with." The object could be a person, a thing, an activity, or an event. The object could also be a sentence in a two-sentence construction when the object of the second sentence (the one with mew') is 'e'.

In addition, mew' can be translated "deal (well) with" or "handle," but not in the sense of "take care of, undertake" - that's DIgh. mew' is used when the subject is considered to be mentally or emotionally able to deal with an object felt to be undesirable, difficult, challenging, daunting, stressful, or unpleasant. For example:

qagh Qop DaSop 'e' Damew'laH'a'?
"Can you cope with eating dead gagh?"
(or "Can you deal with eating dead gagh?" or "Can you tolerate eating dead gagh?").

Though appropriate in some circumstances and grammatically fine, when this verb is negated, Klingons are unlikely to use it with a first-person subject.

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