tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 09:58:16 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ngawDeq (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, December 14, 2002.
>
>Klingon word: ngawDeq
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: spatula
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT. Defined as "mixing stick with flattened, paddlelike end."
The stick used for stirring in a {'un} ("pot") is usually called a {DuDwI'}
("mixer"), though sometimes the term {'un naQ} ("pot cane") is heard. If the
end of the {DuDwI'} is flattened out, paddlelike, the device may also be
called a {ngawDeq}. [KGT pp. 97-98]
--
Voragh "All the meaning is in the context."
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons (Ilya Kabakov, Russian artist)