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Re: Klingon WOTD: SIj (v)

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: SIj (v)
• Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:23:28 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

: Klingon word:   SIj
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition:     slit

As used in canon:

  qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD. 
  4,000 throats may be cut in one night by a running man. (TKD)

A {SIjwI'} is a type of knife used to prepare food:

  "Food-preparation knives, of which there are many types, come in
   different sizes and shapes for different cutting tasks... For
   finer work (such as making the slits in limbs needed to extract
   veins), a small {SIjwI'} (literally, 'slitter') is commonly
   employed." (KGT p.97)

Related vocabulary include {pe'} "cut", {DuQ} "stab".  The less descriptive
phrase {taj lo'} "use a knife" is always an option.

Also note the slang meaning of {SIj} as "be insightful, be clever, have a keen
mind" (KGT).



-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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