Klingon WOTD: DeSqIv (noun)

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This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, September 3, 2007.

Category: Body Parts

Klingon word:   DeSqIv
Part of Speech: noun 
Definition:     elbow 
Source: KGT (214 KE, 241 EK) 
Swedish: armbåge


Additional Notes:
KGT p. 97.  The smaller {nevDagh} is characterized by its V-shaped handles, termed {DeSqIvDu'} ("elbows"; note that {-Du'}, the plural suffix for body parts, is used here even though the handles are not literally body parts).
   

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