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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pIp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Feb 4 10:18:15 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:18:04 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 04, 2014
>
> Klingon word: pIp
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: spine
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
{pIpoy} is a known {bang pong} (cf. KGT p.201).
A deviated spine is a genetic tendency in Klingon females. (VOY "Lineage")
"After being paralyzed from the waist down as the result of an accident, Worf at first felt his life had ended and decided to commit ritual suicide ({Heghbat})." (TKW 147)
Regulan bloodworms ({reghuluS 'Iwghargh}) are "soft and spineless" according to Korax. (TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles")
Related vocabulary:
Dub back (of body) (n)
tut column, post (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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