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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghoD

Will Martin ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 20, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Steven Boozer &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; class="">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 20, 2015<br class=""><br class="">Klingon word: ghoD<br class="">Part of speech: verb<br class="">Definition: stuff<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj <br class="">Accept these stuffed *tobbaj* legs! PK<br class=""><br class="">Ho'Du'lIjDaq to'baj 'uSHom lughoDlu'bogh tu'lu' <br class="">You have some stuffed *tobbaj* leg in your teeth. PK<br class=""><br class="">SEE ALSO:<br class="">teb <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>fill (v)<br class="">buy' <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>be full, be filled up (v)<br class="">ngaS <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>contain (v)<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Voragh<br class="">Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:[email protected]"; class="">[email protected]</a><br class="">http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>
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