tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 20 07:34:33 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: QIm (n)
: Klingon word: QIm
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition: egg
: Additional Notes: KGT. See also {pel'aQ}.
Okrand on eggs:
"Curiously, eggs (QImmey) do not play a large role in the Klingon
diet as food items in their own right, though they are mixed into
many sauces, usually along with the pieces of shell (pel'aQ), for
flavor and texture. The small eggs of the Tokvirian skink (toqvIr
lung), however, are often eaten whole, shell and all, usually by
the handful." (KGT 88)
and eggshells:
"The shell of an animal ({nagh DIr}--literally, 'rock skin'--not to
be confused with {yub} [husk, rind, peel], the word applied to the
shell of a nut, or {pel'aQ} [eggshell] is commonly separated from
the animal meat, fermented, and served at another time." (KGT 92)
Although {QIm} doesn't appear in a sentence, {pel'aQ} does:
pel'aQDaj ghorpa'
before it breaks its shell
(idiom: "before it's too late" or "while there's still time") KGT
pel'aQDaj ghorpa' qama' yIHoH
Before it breaks its shell, kill the prisoner.
(i.e. "Kill the prisoner now, while you've got a chance.") KGT
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons