[84430] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: butlh (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Apr 16 10:22:30 2008
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:20:33 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
>
>Category: Body Parts
Not sure I'd call {butlh} a body part. Are {quHvaj} "dandruff" and
{'atlhqam} "type of foot fungus" also considered body parts? It's probably
a moot point as I suspect all three are mass nouns, not used in the plural.
>Klingon word: butlh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: dirt under fingernails
Used in canon:
butlh DaHutlh
You lack dirt under your fingernails. TKW
butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo'
Admire the person with dirt under his fingernails. TKW
>Additional Notes:
>TKW p. 142. {butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo'} 'Admire the person with dit
>under his fingernails.' "… In this expression it means something like
>'effrontery, impudence, brazenness.'"
Similar to the quality known as {qajunpaQ} *kajunpakt* ("courage, audacity,
recklessness").
Related nouns:
{nItlhpach} "fingernail". Cf. also {lam} "dirt".
Related verbs:
{lam} "be dirty"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
