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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: valtIn
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kechpaja@comcast.net)
Thu Jul 20 13:41:57 2017
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:41:24 +0300
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On Jul 20, 2017, at 18:46, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, July 20, 2017
>>
>> Klingon word: valtIn
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: proton
>> Source: qep'a' 23
>
> Hmm... {val} "be clever/smart/intelligent" + {tIn} "be big/large". Is there a pun I'm not seeing?
Pro (professional) + ton?
I'd expect the first part to be {po'} if that was the goal, though.
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