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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rem

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jan 3 10:42:30 2017

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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 02, 2017
> 
> Klingon word: rem
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: suck
> Source: qepHom 2016

  'Iw remwI'
   vampire (n) (qepHom 2016)


(HQ 10.2:8-9):  Similarly, {nujDajDaq rIl'egh ghu}, literally "at his/her mouth, the baby uses at him/herself his/her thumb", is used for "the baby sucks its thumb".

It also works with the toe verbs: {nujDajDaq mar'egh ghu} "the baby sucks its big toe". (HQ 10.2)


SEE ALSO:
roS 		lick (v)

nuj		mouth (n)
wuS 		lip(s) (n)
jat 		tongue (n)
lev 		roof of mouth, hard palate (n)


--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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