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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QongDaq 'echlet tun
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Thu Mar 23 16:38:39 2017
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:38:30 +0100
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Am 23.03.2017 um 16:10 schrieb Steven Boozer:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 23, 2017
>>
>> Klingon word: QongDaq 'echlet tun
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: mattress
>> Source: qepHom 2016
>
> Lit. "soft bed board"
Related words:
{ngogh tun} "pillow"
Maltz first said that Klingons don't have pillows and he wondered why
anyone would want one. But he's seen them (somewhere) and knows what
they are. So when pushed -- "If you have to call it something, what
would you call it?" -- he said {ngogh tun}. (qepHom 2010)
{QongDaq buq} "pillow" or "sleeping bag"
He thought more about it and said maybe another way to say "pillow" was
{QongDaq buq} "bed pouch," but he said that could also apply to a
sleeping bag. Perhaps a sleeping bag is {QongDaq buq'a'} and a pillow
is {QongDaq buqHom}. (qepHom 2010)
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
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