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Re: Klingon WOTD: nguv (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 


> > This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, September 6, 2003.
> >
> > Klingon word:   nguv
> > Part of Speech: *verb*
> > Definition:     be dyed, stained, tinted
> >
> > Additional Notes: KGT.


   Compared to Federation Standard, Klingon terminology associated with
   colors is rather limited. First of all, there is no noun meaning "color."
   There is, however, a verb, {nguv}, which means something like "be dyed,
   stained, tinted," though it is seldom used except in the phrase {chay'
   nguv} ("How is [it] tinted?") or when suffixed with {-moH} ("cause") in
   the form {nguvmoH} ("dye, tint, stain"; that is, "cause to be dyed," etc.)
   --for example, {ret'aq nguvmoH} ("He/she stains the knife handle").
   (KGT 81-82)]




-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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