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Re: Klingon WOTD: Duy' (n)



: Klingon word:   Duy'
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition:     defect

Not attested in canon.

Cf. the homophonous verb {Duy'} "be defective".

N.B. One must enunciate the glottal stop clearly so as not to confuse these
words with {Duy} "agent, emissary" or {Duy'a'} "ambassador."  E.g.: 

  Duy''a' ghaH? 
  Is s/he defective?

  Duy'a' ghaH.
  S/he is an ambassador.

Related verbs include {Hutlh} "lack, be without, to not have".  Possible
antonyms include {pup} "be perfect" and {naQ} "be full, be whole, be entire".



-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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