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Re: Klingon WOTD: Huy' (n-body)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Huy' (n-body)
• Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:26:28 -0600
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• References: <[email protected]>

> > This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, November 2, 2003.
> >
> > Klingon word:   Huy'
> > Part of Speech: body part noun
> > Definition:     eyebrow

Tyler:
>As used in canon:
>
>   {val; Huy' rur}
>   clever as an eyebrow (KGT)

Let me add:

   The standard word for this prominent part of Klingon anatomy is
   {Quch}, and this word is found with this meaning throughout the
   Empire. In addition, however, practically every dialect has its
   own alternate word for "forehead". Indeed, {Quch} is simply the
   word for "forehead" in the First City. Among these other forms
   are: {boD}, {jargh}, {mIQ}, {'aQlo'}, {Huy'Dung}, {tuqvol},
   {no''och}. While the first four of these words are simply
   regionalisms for "forehead", the last three can be analyzed, at
   least partially. {Huy'Dung} is probably from {Huy' Dung} ("above
   the eyebrow[s]"). (KGT 28f.)



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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