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Re: Klingon WOTD: Haqtaj (n)

Philip Newton ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:54:29 -0600, Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, December 23, 2003.
> >
> >Klingon word:   Haqtaj
> >Part of Speech: noun
> >Definition:     scalpel
> >
> >Additional Notes: TKD Addendum
> 
> Never used in canon.
> 
> Note the noun {Haq} "surgery", the homophonous verb {Haq} "perform surgery 
> (on)" and the derived noun {HaqwI'} "surgeon".

And, of course, {taj} "knife, dagger" as the second component.

Philip


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