rhinoceros, rhino – Klingon Language Institute

Any of a family of pachyderms of the order Perissodactyla with at least one horn on their nose, or the Kronos equivalent

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Andrew July 3, 2020
I like the idea of having a native name for such a creature, but if we get a word for a hippo-like animal then pu' [hippo] is probably good enough for me.
BeckyNearing July 3, 2020
Andrew: Why "phaser hippo"?
1. Andrew July 3, 2020
  pu' means both phaser and animal horn.
  I would probably refer to a unicorn as a (wIch) pu' Sargh (myth(ical)) horn(ed) sark
  1. BeckyNearing July 3, 2020
    Huh, that's odd. I can't find pu' in TKD, and it's not up at https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-klingon-words/date/ either. When did this word come about?
    1. Andrew July 4, 2020
      It was requested by Lieven for his Little Prince translation, though it appears as a morpheme in TKD's DaSpu' boot spike.
Matt July 20, 2022
If there is no equivelant on Kronos, just call it "ghIno" oder "tera' ghino".

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