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Re: Klingon WOTD: be'nI' (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: be'nI' (noun)
• Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:48:38 -0600
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, January 14, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   be'nI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     sister

Used in canon:

   DuraS tuq tlhIngan yejquv patlh luDub 'e' reH lunIDtaH DuraS
   be'nI'pu' lurSa' be'etor je.
   The sisters of the House of Duras, Lursa and B'Etor, are constantly
   seeking a higher standing for the House of Duras within the Klingon
   High Council. S26

   ngoQvam luchavmeH ghawran maghpu' be'nI'pu'
   To this end, the sisters have acted against Gowron... in order to
   gain power. S26

An affectionate term for one's sister is {be'nI'oy} "sis" - probably used 
only en famille.

Related nouns (pun unintended!):

{loDnI'} "brother"

{SoSnI'} "grandmother"

{vavnI'} "grandfather"

{puqnI'} "grandchild" - {puqnI'be'} "granddaughter" & {puqnI'loD} 
"grandson" [HQ 9.3:8]



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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