[84764] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: nga'chuq (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jun 3 10:25:26 2008
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:23:19 -0500
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: nga'chuq
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: sex (i.e., perform sex; always subject)
>
>Additional Notes:
> From {veS Qo'noS}, listed in HolQeD 1:3 p9. Note: it is unclear about
> what part of speech this may be, though it is probably a verb and "always
> subject" probably refers to the concept that all involved parties
> collectively make the subject of this verb.
Never used in canon.
>Synonyms: ngagh
As used in canon:
targhlIj yIngagh! yIruch!
Go mate with your targ! PK (punctuation uncertain)
yIH ngaghwI'
one who mates with a tribble, tribble mater-wither (st.k 7/98)
See also {Sep} "breed" and {yatlh} "be pregnant".
Cultural notes:
When Klingon women are ready to mate they slink around like a "Hellenian
lynx" while making low growling sounds like a {chemvaH} in heat. (PK)
Klingon males initiate courtship by biting the female. (VGR "Someone to
Watch Over Me")
TKW 17: Poetry plays a prominent role in Klingon mating behavior. The
female typically roars, throws heavy objects, and claws at her partner. The
male reads love poetry and, as Worf put it, "ducks a lot."
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
