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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: boD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Jan 5 10:52:28 2017
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 15:17:06 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 05, 2017
>
> Klingon word: boD
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: forehead (regional)
> Source: KGT
(KGT 28f.): The standard word for this prominent part of Klingon anatomy is {Quch}, and this word is found with this meaning throughout the Empire. In addition, however, practically every dialect has its own alternate word for forehead. Indeed, {Quch} is simply the word for forehead in the First City. Among these other forms are: {boD, jargh, mIQ, 'aQlo', Huy'Dung, tuqvol, no''och}. While the first four of these words are simply regionalisms for forehead, the last three can be analyzed, at least partially.
{Huy'Dung} is probably from {Huy' Dung} ("above the eyebrow[s]"). The word {tuqvol} may contain the word {tuq} ("house [lineage]") because family resemblances can be seen in forehead ridges. The second element, {vol}, however, is otherwise unknown. Similarly, the first syllable of {no''och} may derive from {no'} ("ancestors"), again suggesting something about genealogy. The second syllable, {'och}, probably resembles {'och} ("tunnel") only accidentally; there is no reason to think that "ancestors' tunnel" is a way to say "forehead".
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