tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 06 07:05:34 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: SopwI'pa' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, July 6, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: SopwI'pa'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: mess hall
A leg served as food at a banquet in an upper-class household,
however, is likely to be called a {HajDob}, an old word for
"limb". In another context, such as a meal with warriors in a
ship's {SopwI'pa'} ("mess hall"), only the term {gham} will be
heard." [KGT 42]
Cf. {SopmeH pa'}:
... (literally "room in order to eat" or "room for eating,"
from {Sop} "eat" plus {-meH} "in order to") is a reasonable
way to say "eating room" or "dining room". I also don't think
Klingons, not being prone to stand on ceremony where eating
is concerned, would object to eating breakfast in something
called a {'uQ pa'} "dinner room", a common-type noun-noun
construction. (st.klingon 6/97)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons