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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qay'wI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jan 22 10:34:23 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:33:59 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 22, 2014
>
> Klingon word: Qay'wI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: little toe, fifth toe
> Source: HQ (10:2 p10)
As used in canon:
'oy'qu' Qay'wI'wIj
my little toe aches a lot
(IDIOM: I'm extremely angry) (HQ 10.2)
HQ 10.2: the phonetic identity of {Qay'} "use the little toe" and {Qay'} "blow one's top, lose one's temper" is probably not accidental, as evidenced by the idiomatic expression {'oy'qu' Qay'wI'wIj}, literally "my little toe aches a lot", which means "I'm extremely angry."
rav Qay'
touch the floor with the little toe. (HQ 10.2)
In TNG "Ethics") we saw that Worf had a large bump on the top of each foot {mov} near the little toe {Qay'wI'}. Was the {DaSpu'} (boot spike) originally to protect this part of the foot?
For reference, here are the "toe verbs" (and the children's verse that inspired them):
mar use the big toe
PUN: "This little piggy went to MARket"
Hom use the second toe
PUN: "This little piggy stayed HOME"
roS use the third toe
PUN: "This little piggy had ROAST beef"
nan use the fourth toe
PUN: "This little piggy had NONE"
Qay' use the little toe
PUN: "And this little piggy CRIED 'wee wee wee' all the way home"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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