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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'aw' (verb)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed May 21 10:29:02 2008

Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:27:05 -0500
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
>
>Klingon word:   'aw'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     sting

Used in canon:

   mu'aw' mInDu'wIj
   My eyes sting [me]. CK

Related verbs:

{'oy'} "ache, hurt, be sore";  {bech} "suffer"

Cf. also {qotlh} {tickle} and {DuQ} "stab".

Pun note:

"Ow!"



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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