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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chevwI' tlhoy'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Feb 14 10:27:11 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:26:59 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 14, 2013
>
> Klingon word: chevwI' tlhoy'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: territorial wall (e.g. Berlin Wall)
Source: startrek.klingon (12/7/1998):
The wall around a city is a {yergho}, which is apparently derived from {yer} "domain, holdings, territory" plus {gho} "circle." A wall which divides a territory into parts (such as the Berlin Wall) is also called a {tlhoy'}, even though neither side of it is the interior of a structure. On occasion, for clarity, such a wall is termed a {chevwI' tlhoy'} "separator wall") or a {pIn tlhoy'}, literally "boss wall," presumably dating back to a time when each subterritory had a specific person in charge."
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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