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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qorghwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Feb 16 03:59:26 2017
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:21:48 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 15, 2017
>
> Klingon word: qorghwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: pacifier
> Source: qep'a' 23 [2016]
(qurgh, 7/22/2016): Maltz said this is not a Klingon thing, but he's seen human babies use these
(MO interviewed by Lieven, 11/12/2013): 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'}.
SEE ALSO:
ghu baby (n)
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Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
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