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Re: Klingon WOTD: jorneb (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: jorneb (n)
• Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:45:34 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, April 29, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   jorneb
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     warhead (of a torpedo)
>
>Additional Notes:
>Listed in EK side of KGT and in the text.
>
>KGT p. 57.  The warhead of the torpedo is called its {jorneb} (which seems 
>to contain the verb {jor} ["explode"] but is not otherwise analyzable).

Okrand kept this word in mind, for after the publication of KGT in 1997 he 
revealed {neb} "beak, bill" (n.) in his Klingon bird article in HolQeD 10.4 
(December 2001).  Although he didn't actually mention {jorneb} in the 
article, it now seems likely that Klingons call the pointy, exploding end 
of a missile its "beak" while English-speakers refer to it as a "warHEAD".



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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