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Klingon WOTD: baghneQ (n)
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- Subject: Klingon WOTD: baghneQ (n)
- Date: 12 Nov 1999 11:00:00 -0000
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, November 12, 1999.
Klingon word: baghneQ
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spoon
Additional Notes:
>From Marc Okrand on startrek.klingon (Usenet newsgroup). 5/5/98.
The Klingon word for "spoon" is {baghneQ}. Even though spoons were never typically used when eating, the word appears to have been in the language for a long time, suggesting that it may once have meant something else. One theory is that it comes from {nagh beQ} "flat stone, flat rock" and that the initial sounds of the two words, {n} and {b}, were, for some reason, transposed. This is, however, just speculation.
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