tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 12 10:44:07 2004
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Re: Klingon WOTD: boD (n-body)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, February 12, 2004.
>
>Klingon word: boD
>Part of Speech: body part noun
>Definition: forehead
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT. (regional). See also {'aQlo'}, {Huy'Dung}, {jargh}, {mIQ},
>{no''och}, {Quch}, and {tuqvol}.
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]"). The word {tuqvol} may contain
the word {tuq} ("house [lineage]") because family resemblances
can be seen in forehead ridges. The second element, {vol},
however, is otherwise unknown. Similarly, the first syllable
of {no''och} may derive from {no'} ("ancestors"), again suggest-
ing something about genealogy. The second syllable, {'och},
probably resembles {'och} ("tunnel") only accidentally; there
is no reason to think that "ancestors' tunnel" is a way to say
"forehead." [KGT 28f.]
Unfortunately, there was no indication of which region each word is used in.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons