Re: Klingon WOTD: pe''egh (verb)

[Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>]

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, July 5, 2005.
>
>Category: General
>
>Klingon word:   pe''egh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     keep score

Literally "cut oneself":

   It comes from an old Klingon habit of keeping track
   of accomplishments by making small cuts on one's skin,
   usually on the face, as a tally. (TKW 135)

   potlhbe'chugh yay qatlh pe''eghlu'?
   If winning is not important, then why keep score? TKW



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons