tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 03 16:05:48 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tuj (n)
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From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
>
> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, December 1, 2002.
> >
> >Klingon word: tuj
> >Part of Speech: noun
> >Definition: heat
>
> The noun has never been used in canon.
>
> Note the homophonous verb {tuj} "be hot". Oddly, the opposite quality
> {bIr} "be cold" does not have a corresponding noun *{bIr} "cold". (Or
> Maltz simply forgot to mention it.)
My understanding of physics may be lacking so forgive me but
maybe there isn't a noun at all for "cold" untold or otherwise.
Isn't cold a lack of heat i.e.
heat is something
cold is a lack of something.
qe'San