tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 17 03:58:45 2006
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Klingon WOTD: tlhol (verb)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, January 17, 2006.
Category: Stative Verbs
Klingon word: tlhol
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be raw, unprocessed
Source: TKD (111 KE, 148 EK159 EK)
Swedish: vara rå, vara obearbetad
Additional Notes:
KGT p. 84. A larger animal may be sliced into pieces or a section of a plant may be broken off. This food is often described as {Soj tlhol} ("raw, unprocessed food"), as opposed to {Soj vutlu'pu'bogh} ("food that somebody has prepared"). What makes the food {tlhol} is not that it has not been heated but rather that no one has done anything to it; thus, "unprocessed" might be a better translation than "raw." On the other extreme is {Soj qub}--literally "rare food, uncommon food" but used as the Klingon equivalent of haute cuisine, food usually served only on the most formal of occasions.
The Klingon Word Of The Day is brought to you by Holtej ([email protected]). Please contact me with additions, corrections or comments.
--Holtej 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol Mailing List FAQ
http://www.speers.nu/Holtej/klingon/faq.htm