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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: povjaj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Sep 30 14:24:31 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:24:23 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 30, 2014
>
> Klingon word: povjaj
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: Tuesday
> Source: qepHom 2013
'Maltz said he once heard about a non-Klingon who reported that Klingons said "Tuesday" when expressing their wish that something turn out well. He said the writer of that report misunderstood. The expression is indeed {povjaj}, but it means "may it be excellent" and only coincidentally is it homophonous (my word, not Maltz's) with the word for Tuesday." (Marc Okrand; printed in the exercise book of qepHom wa'maH cha' [11/07/2013])
Tuesday is Klingon Boggle night on CBS's "The Big Bang Theory".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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