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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Dec 4 10:46:25 2012

Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:46:01 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
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On 12/4/2012 10:17 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> Klingon word:   tuy'
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition:     spit
>
> PUN:
> ptui!

I'd call it onomatopoeia.

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SuStel
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