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Re: Klingon WOTD: Hutvagh (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, July 19, 2005.
>
>Klingon word:   Hutvagh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     too many people or things in a place all at once
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 11:3, p. 13.  On his drive up to attend {qep'a' HutDIch}, it is 
>believed that Marc Okrand was in communication with Maltz (the precise 
>mechanics responsible for this are unknown and unimportant to the present 
>concern).  Traffic along the intersrate was particularly heavy, a topic 
>which at some point entered into the conversation.
>
>Dr. Okrand reports that Maltz volunteered the Klingon term {Hutvagh}, a 
>noun, meaning "too many people or things in a place all at once."  Maltz 
>further indicated that the term was used as word play, a substitution for 
>the more common {Qu'vatlh} which might otherwise be heard in such situations.

See the noun {ghom'a'} "crowd".

Cf. also the verbs {qev} "crowd" vs. {mob} "be alone".




--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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