tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 03 09:53:27 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: butlh (noun)
> > Klingon word: butlh
> > Part of Speech: noun
> > Definition: dirt under fingernails
qInor'rIq:
>Does {butlh} refer to dirt under fingernails only or also to dirt under
>toenails?
Unknown. Here are all the examples from canon:
butlh DaHutlh
You lack dirt under your fingernails. TKW
butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo'
Admire the person with dirt under his fingernails. TKW
The Klingon word {butlh} (dirt under fingernails) can be taken
literally, but in this expression it means something like
"effrontery, impudence, brazenness". (TKW 142)
[cf. also {qajunpaQ} *kajunpakt*, "courage, audacity"]
Related nouns include {nItlhpach} "fingernail" and {lam} "dirt".
AFAIK there's no word for "toenail", though I've seen *{yaDpach} from {yaD}
"toe" used.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons