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Re: Klingon WOTD: lIghon (n)

David Trimboli ([email protected])

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: lIghon (n)
• Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:16:05 -0500
• References: <S1VMG7LNIRNF0A6C9XTPNA8URHEXV.40411859@quvar>

From: "Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar)" <[email protected]>
> on KCD:\WAV\CU001T.WAV, Marc Okrand speaks:
> 
>     The translation "titmouse" is really only an approximation 
>     of what this word means. A {Qa'Hom} is a small animal, 
>     considered rather unsignificant. The word literally means 
>     "little {Qa'}". A {Qa'} is a larger more dangerous animal. 
>     A {Qa'Hom} is not a young {Qa'}, but it does bear a vague 
>     resemblance to its nymphsoup.
> 
>     [final word obviously not understood, but the rest is Okrand.]


Nymphsoup?

I'm going to boggle at that word for a while.  :)

He said "namesake."

SuStel
Stardate 4164.7

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