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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qorghwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Feb 27 10:16:23 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:16:09 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2015
>
> Klingon word: qorghwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: stopper, cork (for a bottle)
> Source: qepHom 2013
"So the cork is the 'thing which does close the hole (of the bottle)' ... {qorgh} is to "stop up, to fill a hole". You can stop up a hole, but not fill it in with dirt. That would be {teb}. {qorgh} is to stop up an opening somehow. It's like filling in, and not put stuff inside. So the word for the cork is a {qorghwI'}." [MO interviewed by Lieven, 11/12/2013]
"The word for top is {yor} ... It is not the word used for lid or cover or cap (as in lid of a jar) or removable (and reusable) top of a box. The word for this kind of top or lid or cover is {yuvtlhe'}." [IMO, HQ 8.3]
PUN:
cork
SEE ALSO:
bal jug, jar, bottle (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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