tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 19 07:25:40 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Duran lung DIr
> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2014
>
> Klingon word: Duran lung DIr
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: Durani lizard skins (food, never uses plural suffix)
> Source: KCD
KCD: "Served dried and thinly sliced. Discovered by a Klingon military unit stranded on Durani I for six months without supplies."
Useful vocabulary if you are ever stranded - {lonlu'}? - on {Duran wa'}:
QaD be dry, be dried out (v)
char be slimy (v)
lang be thin (v)
pe' cut (v)
SIj slit, slash (with a blade) (v)
Surgh skin [i.e. to remove the {DIr}] (v)
Some words for talking about reptiles:
lung *loong* (type of lizardlike animal)
Duran lung Durani lizard
toqvIr lung Tokvirian skink
QIncha' *krincha* (type of lizard)
la'SIv turtle-like animal
DIR skin, hide (n)
ghISDen scales (n)
tlhuQ tail (n)
QIm egg (n)
pel'aQ shell (n)
pach claw (n)
Ho'Du' teeth (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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