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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nach
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Aug 24 10:36:50 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:36:36 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, August 24, 2015
>
> Klingon word: nach
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: head
qIp'egh nachDu'chaj tlhIngan SuvwI'pu' [sic]
Klingon warriors are butting heads. CK
["I think it's supposed to be {qIp'egh tlhIngan SuvwI'pu' nachDu'}. However, perhaps Okrand has some weird sort of grammar in mind..." (SuStel)]
KGT: Sometimes an animal's whole head ({nach}) is served [i.e. as food]
HQ 8.3: The word for "top" is {yor} ... such as ... the top of one's head.
KGT 80: Even modern weaponry, such as a disrupter pistol ({nISwI' HIch}) or disrupter rifle ({nISwI' bej}), is decorated. For example, typically the head of any rivet ({veragh}) used has a raised image of some kind, often that of a Klingon warrior's head.
N.B. do not use {nach} for objects, e.g. {QIn} "spearhead".
SEE ALSO:
jIb hair on head (n)
quHvaj dandruff (n)
*nachHom skull? (n) (used in the Klingon Bible Translation Project [KBTP])
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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