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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: moQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Jul 26 10:02:54 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:02:41 +0000
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> Klingon word: moQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: spiked pommel of a *d'k tahg* knife
> Source: TKD
KGT 61: at the end of the knife's handle ({ret'aq}) there is a spiked pommel, called simply {moQ} ("sphere").
moQDaq DuQwI'Hommey jej tu'lu'
A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together. (SP2)
{moQ} "sphere" also shows up in:
pach moQ High Court gavel (MKE)
wovmoHwI' moQ light bulb (TNK)
QujmeH moQ ball (TNK)
If a sphere is hollow one might call it a {pel'aQ} "shell (of an egg)". (I'm told that a variation of the Dyson sphere is called a Dyson shell.) Come to think of it, {pel'aQ} might also do for bubble, as in "warp (field) bubble" - *{pIvchem pel'aQ}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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