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Re: Klingon WOTD: pel'aQ (noun)
- From: Doq <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: pel'aQ (noun)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:41:25 -0500
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On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, January 21, 2007.
>>
>> Category: Body Parts
>
> Is it really? If the plural of {QIm} "egg" is {QImmey} (KGT p.88),
> I would
> expect the plural of {pel'aQ} to be ?{pel'aQmey} even though it's
> never
> been attested. OTOH KGT p.92 says that the shell of an animal is
> {nagh
> DIr} and I would expect the plural ?{nagh DIrDu'} as this
> definitely is a
> body part.
QIm 'oH yInbogh Dol naQ. jatlhlaHbe'. vaj law'DI', QImmey DIpong.
pel'aQ 'oH Dol 'ay'. vaj law'DI', pel'aQDu' DIpong.
>> Klingon word: pel'aQ
>> Part of Speech: noun
>> Definition: shell (of an egg)
>>
>> Additional Notes:
>> KGT p. 88. Curiously, eggs ({QImmey}) do not play a large role in
>> the
>> Klingon diet as food items in their own right, though they are
>> mixed into
>> many sauces, usually along with the pieces of shell ({pel'aQ}),
>> for flavor
>> and texture. The small eggs of the Tokvirian [sic] skink ({toqvIr
>> lung}),
>> however, are often eaten whole, shell and all, usually by the
>> handfull.
Mmmmmmm. toqvIr lung. ghaytan toqvIr lung QImmey vISopqa'laHpa'
qaSqa' poH 'Iq. tera'Daq qub 'eb.
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
Doq