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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Dub

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Nov 21 10:44:26 2011

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:44:02 -0600
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 21, 2011
> 
> Klingon word:   Dub
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     back (of body)

Never used in a sentence.

Note Okrand's loose translation of:

  DungDaq legh 'ej QotnIStaH romuluSngan be'pu' 
  Romulan women belong on their backs! (MO ST5 notes)

Anatomical notes:

A Klingon's forehead ridges continue along the back down to the buttocks. (cf. TNG "Ethics")


Related nouns:
{pIp} spine; {chor} belly (antonym?)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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