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Klingon WOTD: qurgh (noun)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, September 9, 2006.
Category: Food
Klingon word: qurgh
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bean, beans
Source: KGT (224 KE, 235 EK)
Swedish: böna, bönor
Additional Notes:
HolQeD 5:1 p. 20, from the KCD.
KGT p. 88. Any part of any plant that is eaten may be termed {naH}, usually translated "fruit" or "vegetable." Any nut (a fruit with a hard shell) is called a {naHlet} (literally, "hard fruit"), a thistle (a flower with dangerously sharp leaves) is a {naHjej} (literally, "sharp fruit"), a bean (which, in this case, may mean the pod or the seed or seeds in it or both) is a {qurgh}, and a root or tuber is a {'oQqar}. Otherwise, there are no known generic names for different types of {naH} (though there are terms for specific plants and parts of a plant). A plant's sap or juice is called {vIychorgh}.
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