tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 24 11:57:39 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: pe''egh (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, October 24, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: pe''egh
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: keep score
Used in canon:
potlhbe'chugh yay qatlh pe''eghlu'?
If winning is not important, then why keep score? TKW
Literally "cut oneself":
It comes from an old Klingon habit of keeping track of accomplishments
by making small cuts on one's skin, usually on the face, as a tally.
[TKW 135]
Related verbs:
{Quj} play a game; {SuD} gamble
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons