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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pIpyuS
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, October 09, 2014
>
> Klingon word: pIpyuS
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: pipius
pIpyuS pach yISop
Eat the pipius claw! CK
pIpyuS yIghor
Break a pipius! TKW
["a command to tell someone, often a child, to get started on or to devote more effort to a project." (TKW 185)]
pIpyuS pach DaSop DaneHchugh pIpyuS puS DaghornIS
If you want to eat pipius claw, you'll have to break a few pipiuses. TKW
["This proverb, however is really not about food. It supports the Klingon virtues of conquering that which is desired and of taking action--breaking a few pipiuses." (TKW 185)]
TKW 285: As with Klingon food in general, it is not cooked, but neither is a live or just-killed pipius simply thrown in front of the diner. The details of preparing pipius claw are not well understood, as Klingon chefs are notoriously protective of their recipes. It is believed that the pipius is torn apart and the various pieces are soaked in (or perhaps basted with) some kind of fluid of animal origin that adds flavor and chemically alters the texture of the pipius." (TKW 285)
KGT 94: {pIpyuS pach} ("pipius claw") is always prepared the same way; it would be peculiar to hear {pIpyuS pach HaHlu'pu'bogh} ("pipius claw that has been marinated; marinated pipius claw"), since such phrasing would be redundant ... If a dish with a standard preparation technique (a {nay' motlh}, "usual dish") is being offered, asking how it is to be prepared is a demonstration of cultural ignorance.
First seen in TNG "A Matter of Honor".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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