[83787] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: QIm (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Dec 31 14:35:27 2007
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:32:51 -0600
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, December 29, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: QIm
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: egg
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 10:4, p. 4: {matlh juppu' mu'mey}.
The {borghel} is "a very small bird whose eggs are considered quite tasty".
(HQ 10.4:4)
>KGT p. 88. Curiously, eggs ({QImmey}) do not play a large role in the
>Klingon diet as food items in their own right, though they are mixed into
>many sauces, usually along with the pieces of shell ({pel'aQ}), for flavor
>and texture. The small eggs of the Tokvirian [sic] skink ({toqvIr lung}),
>however, are often eaten whole, shell and all, usually by the handfull.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
